On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 10:56:59AM -0400, Don Dailey wrote: > On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 10:38 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't like byo yomi either for computers. Is there a kind of time > control > that simply adds n seconds to each move? Here is an example: You > start > with 5 minutes, but 5 seconds are added to your clock after each > move. > This means you will never be in such extreme time pressure that you have > to play instantly and you can even build up time by playing moves more > quickly than 5 minute. This is used in chess sometimes.
This is called Fischer time and hardly used in go yet, even though I agree with you that it would be a superior time control for go as well. In fact, if we could just get people used to it, I think almost everybody would prefer it, but go players are conservative... Arend _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
