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Subject: Re: Time-managenent of programs dependent of remaining time of the opponent?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:49:14 10/30/99

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On October 30, 1999 at 09:32:22, Peter Schneider wrote:

>Time-management of programs dependent of remaining
>time of the opponent?
>
>In human-human matches the time for reflection is considerably
>influenced from the remaining time of the opponent.
>E.g., if the opponent has only little time at his clock (Zeitnot),
>fast moves can be beneficial in order to shorten his
>"permanent brain" time.
>
>Is this concept already realized in programs?
>
>Peter Schneider


Mike Byrne wrote code like this for Crafty.  We ran with it for a year or
so and it had its plusses.  But on the other side of the coin, you are ahead
on time, and yet you use less because your opponent has less.  I finally
decided that I didn't like the overall result, although the idea seems
reasonable.



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