Author: Jasmine Baer
Date: 19:55:43 12/23/05
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On December 23, 2005 at 22:39:51, Uri Blass wrote: >On December 23, 2005 at 22:10:24, Jasmine Baer wrote: > >>"is there any reason to select 6 minutes? instead of 5'? or this is just >>arbitrary and which book?...thanks, bn" >> >>6+0 because that is a close approximation to playing a 3+0 game on a place like >>playchess.com. Lots of people there like 3+0 games, and with ponder "off" I >>figure that 6+0 is like playing a 3+0 game with each engine being able to think >>during the other's move. >> >>No book. It is a Nunn Match - it uses 10 opening positions selected by GM Nunn. > >Wrong conclusion. > >In ponder on games engines do not use time efficiently when it is opponent move >so 3 minutes with ponder off may be equivalent to 4.5 minutes with ponder on and >practically there is no equivalence because some engines have better time >management with ponder on and some engines have better time managament with >ponder off. > >Uri Thanks, Uri. So my conclusion is in error, but it looks like I have a good reason to go with ponder "off." ;-)
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