On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 11:32 -0800, terry mcintyre wrote: > From: Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > By the way, can I assume that in world champion GO matches they use > > fast time controls because long time controls don't help in Go? > > Don probably had his tongue in cheek when he typed that, but according > to > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisei , games in the Kisei Tournament in > Japan are > played over two days, with each player given eight hours of clock > time. Title matches > in the Mejiin also use 8 hours clock time. > > No doubt, when games are adjourned for the day, both players ( and > perhaps their > assistants ) spend a considerable amount of time thinking off the > clock.
I don't understand why they don't just play quickly if the extra time doesn't actually improve the quality of the games. It seems like this would just make them tired - which might create weaker moves (due to human fatigue) later in the game. But I was being tongue in cheek. I guarantee, without knowing anything about championship go, that the players work hard over the board and I have no doubt that there are moves where they spend several minutes making their decisions. I just don't believe it is not in the nature of GO to be able to improve your moves by thinking out your decisions and these championship games make my point. - Don > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight > and hotel bargains. > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
