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Subject: Re: Gelfand-Junior 20 sec.increment.

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 00:48:19 05/11/99

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On May 11, 1999 at 00:17:28, Peter Hegger wrote:

>Hello
>Does anybody know how much time Gelfand and Junior had left at the ends their
>games today? Or perhaps a URL that might have it. Tried the Junior site and
>didn't see it there.
>I'm also wondering to who's benefit the 20 second increment works towards. The
>human or the machine? Seems to me there might have been a thread about this some
>time back so sorry if this has already been answered.
>Thanks in advance
>Peter

You'd expect the increment to help the human. Indeed, I've recently watched
two two-game ICC matches between Bruce Moreland's Ferret and GMs. In both
matches Ferret won 2-0. One of the most common comments made by spectators
was that the GM would have no chance without an increment. It's interesting
that Junior managed to win even with an increment. Congratulations to Amir
and Shay!

Nevertheless, 30 20 is still a long way from being classical chess.

Andrew



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