Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:05:44 02/18/00
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On February 18, 2000 at 10:06:39, blass uri wrote: >On February 18, 2000 at 08:28:35, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 17, 2000 at 15:56:21, blass uri wrote: >> >>>On February 17, 2000 at 12:32:00, Andreas Schwartmann wrote: >>> >>>>On February 17, 2000 at 09:31:10, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 17, 2000 at 09:10:19, Jouni Uski wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>To continue this "tournament" is pure waste of time as Kasparov is already >>>>>>declared as winner. Why can't Adams / DJ re-played??? >>>>>> >>>>>>Jouni >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I believe someone is 'afraid'. I am not convinced it is "Adams" however. >>>>>I'll leave the rest to your imagination. >>>> >>>> >>>>Yes, that's what I've come to believe too. After all, did not Kasparov also >>>>state that he is not willing to play Fritz 6 in the upcoming Frankfurt event >>>>this summer? >>> >>>This is a different case because Fritz6 played Game/30 and not game/60 in >>>Frankfurt >>> >>>Uri >> >> >>I don't believe the difference is significant. After 30 minutes, the game >>becomes game/30 when it started out game/60. Even worse, after 55 minutes >>it becomes game/5. I will take the computer _every_ time there. > >By this logic the difference between game/120 and game/60 is also not >significant. > >I do not agree about it. > >Humans can imagine the time control is 30 minutes/40+20 minutes/40+10 >minutes/game so they will not be in game/5 in most of the cases and when they >will be in game/5 it is going to be a simple endgame in most of the cases. > >I except professional players to take responsible decision and not to go to >serious time trouble(the only exception is in a bad position when they look for >a saving move). > >Uri Here is why the above is wrong. When playing a computer, I don't believe _anyone_ is going to blow it out in 30 minutes. Maybe one game in 20, perhaps, but very rarely. The computer is very similar to pushing your car up the road. It can be moved, but not very quickly. This means _time_. And the more time you use, the less you have to drive home any advantage you get. A human might crumble at the first sign of trouble, but the computer will not. And that hurts when you are a pawn or two up, but have to fight the tactical quagmire you have gotten into to win those two pawns...
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