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Subject: Re: blitz vs standard/bullet performance

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:23:41 02/01/00

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On February 01, 2000 at 07:34:39, Tijs van Dam wrote:

>Hello,
>
>My program GKJunior has been playing on ICC for a while now. I have made a lot
>of improvement since the start. Now, bullet and standard ratings are both about
>2300. But the blitz rating won't get beyond 2150.
>
>Most computers have the highest rating in Blitz, or are have nearly equal rating
>on all types.
>
>Has anybody here had this too? Does anybody have an explanation?
>
>Greets,
>Tijs van Dam


One explanation is that some blitz games are way longer than standard games.
IE 2 12 is slower than 15 0, yet 15 0 is standard and 2 12 is blitz.  I restrict
'blitz' games to 5 3 or less, to make them 'blitz'.



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