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Subject: Re: ICC participants, do you modify your program? :-)

Author: Dan Homan

Date: 09:01:20 02/02/00

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On February 02, 2000 at 10:22:50, Brian Richardson wrote:

>Yes, I have made continual changes between games.  One example was taking credit
>for pondering time even if the predicted move was not made!  Also tightened

I am not sure I understand this, but it sounds like a mistake.

If you ponder a move and that move *is* made but you didn't ponder
long enough, you can credit that time against your continued search
of that position.  (I don't do this, myself - I just take the opportunity
for an overall longer search, but it is likely a good idea.)

If you ponder a move and that move *is not* made, your pondering search
is completely wasted.  You can't credit the time in this case, because
the real position on the board is different than the one you pondered.

 - Dan




>king
>safety, and provide whisper info, etc...  Still need to prevent Petrov line as
>black as Tinker has no book :(
>
>So far the tournament has been great!
>Thanks to McRiley for coordinating.



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