Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:09:14 02/12/99
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On February 12, 1999 at 12:18:29, James B. Shearer wrote: >On February 12, 1999 at 10:19:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: > > <snip> > >>it has a definite strength advantage. Because if you predict well, and >>50% of your moves are 'zero time moves' then the program has become 2x >>faster, because it gets twice as long to search. And 2x is a measurable >>speed increase... > > That should be 1.5 times faster. You are effectively using .5 of your >opponents time as well as yours. Your argument above is wrong because you only >get twice as long to search for half your moves. > James B. Shearer not if you do it right. IE if I _know_ I am thinking on my opponent's time, I can use that time before I save it. As I do right now in fact, because I don't want to get to move 40 (time control) with a lot of time left over, and I don't want to have 30 minutes to burn on move 40 when that is usually an endgame position. But think about the simple math. If on 1/2 of the moves, I get a reply instantly, that really boosts my time, by 50% if I only predict 50%. Against computers I usually get more like 75%. But when I mis-predict, they usually get it right so they start saving time and not me... as even when I predict right, I have to use the normal amount of time overall...
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