--- Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Whether human or computer, if one's opponent is in
> > time trouble, play on. I have won more than one
> game
> > in this manner, and it's just as good a win as any
> > other; both of us knew the time constraints.
> >
> >
> I completely agree with that, but some view this as
> bad manners. I
> take it a step farther and take even more time, if I
> have plenty of time
> to spare. This can produce adrenaline wash-out
> for the opponent who
> is sweating it out. Keep him on the hook for a
> long time!
>
> The rules are designed to cover those situations -
> that's why they have
> rules and you should be allowed to play inside the
> rules any way you see
> fit. Have you ever had an opponent pressure you
> to resign with heavy
> sighs, grunts and eye-rolling? I am way more
> likely to resign
> against a cool calm opponent than one of these kind,
> because I know this
> opponent is already in a state where he probably
> won't be thinking
> objectively.
I recently had a game in KGS where I was behind, and
my opponent escaped from the game. I actually hadn't
been looking at the clock, and soon discovered the
probable reason: he was in danger of losing on time.
After reviewing the game, and concluding that I had no
prospects, I decided to do him a favor and resign,
rather than wait weeks for KGS to do whatever it does
with escapees. Truth is, since the game was played
with byo yomi, he could have made any reasonable play
every 29 seconds, and won the game without working up
a sweat.
In a previous tournament game, I expected to run my
opponent out of time, and she did exactly that - one
move per 29 seconds, never losing a byo yomi period. I
was more rattled by the time pressure than she, lol.
You can't rattle a program, but you can wait for it to
run out of time, or to make a stupid mistake. Knowing
the difficulties of many programs (and people) with
nakade, I'll always toss a stone into an opponent's
vital point if there is any chance of it/him/her
mis-reading the situation.
Terry McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state
education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit
obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.
Benjamin Disraeli, Speech in the House of Commons [June 15, 1874]
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