Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:37:11 02/19/99
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On February 18, 1999 at 22:23:26, greg moller wrote: >Why wasn't the match played with small increments ?? Seems to me that the icc is >tailor-made for that. Of course it would help the human, but shouldn't the >quality of play be held in high regard ? >This way all we had was a glorified blitz match. Time shouldn't play such a huge >factor. I think most of us know that computers are now better than humans at >sudden-death time controls. A wasted opportunity, yet again :-( > >Regards, gm I believe this is a 'spectator' issue. 40/2 games are not a lot of fun to watch. game/30 games are faster and more interesting. When the purpose is 'entertainment' you have to do things to entertain. Certainly I'd prefer to see some longer time controls, but ICC tries to do the things that members want to see, and that GM's will participate in. game/30 is 'casual'. 40/2 means the GM is going to have to prepare some as it seems more 'serious'. just an opinion, of course...
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