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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