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Subject: Re: Time Adjustment against Computers in Blitz Chess! Whats Fair?

Author: Mark Young

Date: 19:26:39 06/04/99

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On June 04, 1999 at 11:55:48, Terry Ripple wrote:

> Are computers so strong in Blitz because they have a Time Advantage over us!
>I have a friend who is only a Class B player (1740) but can win his share
>against ChessMaster 6000 at 5 min Chess by setting the time control to Fisher
>Style at 5 min. per side and giving himself 3 seconds extra time per move and
>allowing ChessMaster Only 1 second extra per move. He also sets the pieces to
>Slide Slow on the Board when CM makes its move because he feels thats about how
>long it takes him to move a piece across the board. So he is actually giving
>himself 2 more seconds per move over ChessMaster and Feels this 2 seconds more
>per move gives him the time compensation to make it equall. But is it Equall?
>Making these Adjustments allow him to Win his Share against ChessMaster and his
>Wins are mostly because CM will run out of time!

This is a bug in CM6000 when using the fischer clock...I think the latest patch
fixed this problem. A class B player does not stand a chance against CM6000 at
speed chess unless he takes advantage of this bug or because of no book and
position learning.


So this to me dont seem Fair!
>ChessMaster is Rated  high and to my understanding its rating is even higher
>when playing Blitz or Speed Chess! Can someone explain this?
>
>If these adjustments are not Fair to ChessMaster or any Chess Computer then what
>is Fair to the Human and Computer as far as Time Adjustment?
>
>Thankyou in Advance for any input that you can share on this Topic!!!
>Terry Ripple



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