Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 19:12:49 02/19/99
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On February 19, 1999 at 20:45:56, greg moller wrote: >On February 19, 1999 at 18:20:10, KarinsDad wrote: > >>On February 19, 1999 at 17:04:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>Just an opinion, but I don't believe GM players think much of 'increment' >>>games. IE the largest number of blitz games vs crafty (by GM opponents) >>>turn out to be 5 0. Yes a couple play a lot of 5 3 and 5 5 (and one likes >>>5 14). But there seems to be 'something' about increments that they don't >>>like. >> >>My guess is that a lot of GMs are from the "old school" where the time was the >>time and that's it. Even knowing the advantages of the increments, it may be >>difficult for some players to break old habits. Also, in blitz play 5 5 is a >>totally different game than 5 0, at least to a computer. A well written program >>would take advantage of every second of that increment (and would gain >>considerably) whereas a human could, but would have a harder time of it. >I tend to think that the longer the time control, the better the human's >chances. 5 5 is longer than 5 0, therefore the human benefits more, according to >this logic. Which, of course, is diametrically opposed to your contention. >If i've misread your comments, I apologize :-) 5 5 is harder for a program than 5 0. bruce
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