Author: Chris Carson
Date: 08:21:13 02/19/00
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On February 19, 2000 at 08:21:53, blass uri wrote: >On February 19, 2000 at 06:12:28, Chris Carson wrote: > >>On February 19, 2000 at 00:12:16, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>> >>>You forgot something. The WC is games that are 40/2 time control. This match >>>was at a much faster pace -- greatly favoring computers. I think Khalifman >>>would trounce any computer in a long match at 40/2. He's not nearly as good as >>>these guys (something like 40-60th in the world IIRC) but he's well over 2600 >>>ELO, which is nothing to shake a stick at. If the WC was at stake, you can >>>believe he would buy a copy of Deep Junior and practice a hundred games against >>>it. >>> >> >>Dann, >> >>The WC games were not at 40/2, they were as follows: >> >>"Time Control shall be 40 moves in 100 minutes, followed by 20 moves in 50 >>minutes, followed by all moves in 10 minutes. Each player shall receive an extra >>30 seconds thinking time after each move played, commencing from the first >>move." >> >>Source: http://www1.worldfide.com/chess/info.html >> >>This is closer to 97AEGON time control of 40/90 min followed by 30 seconds >>after each move played. > >This is tournament time control > >The time control in the israeli league Games is 2 hours/40 moves+1 hour/game and >this is the usual time control and I played in this time control at tournament >for fide rating. >Usually my tournament time control games in Israel are even 90 minutes/30 moves+ >1 hour/game >Today there are almost no games with 2 hours/40 moves+1 hour/20+1 hour /20... > >The time control that you are talking about is slower than the regular >tournament time control. >The players have 2 hours for the first 40 moves >100 minutes+1/2 minute/move=120 minutes/40 moves. >The players have more than 1 hour for rest of the game( they have 1 hour for >only 20 moves) > >Uri Very good points! :) Best Regards, Chris Carson
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