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clocks as an advantage for whom?

Posted By: lenny
Date: Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 5:27 a.m.

Barry Silliman's post included:

"Bob Koca wrote: It may seem counterintuitive but the better players can often benefit from more think time than a lesser player. They have more reference positions to compare to and know how to do a possibly time consuming helpful calculation if needed.

I agree completely. For this reason I feel that clocks provide the weaker player an advantage over not using clocks. That's why I'm so pro-clock."

My post:

"For this reason I feel that clocks provide the weaker player an advantage over not using clocks."

Sounds like raw disinformation to me. Players who have studied lots of xg/gnu output can recognize the answers to 'problems' from that study. The weaker players don't have those touchstones, and will liquidate their time when faced with those non-recognized situations. Or just guess, if they have the first level of clock sophistication.

My overwhelming intuition is that clocks are a form of strong vigorish for neural net studiers."

So who is favored by the presence of clocks?

Messages In This Thread

• clocks as an advantage for whom?
  lenny -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 5:27 a.m.
  • nobody
    mtuhtan -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 6:22 a.m.
    • nobody
      Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 7:09 a.m.
  • clocks as an advantage for whom?
    Art Grater -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 7:42 a.m.
  • clocks as an advantage for whom?
    Michael Crane -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 1:01 p.m.
    • clocks as an advantage for whom?
      rew -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 1:29 p.m.
    • +1
      neilkaz -- Friday, 7 September 2012, at 7:57 p.m.
  • clocks as an advantage for whom?
    Strato -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 1:33 p.m.
  • clocks as an advantage for whom?
    Bob Koca -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 1:52 p.m.
    • clocks as an advantage for whom?
      benf -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 3:07 p.m.
  • clocks as an advantage for whom?
    Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 3:38 p.m.
  • clocks as an advantage for whom?
    Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 4:24 p.m.
  • clocks as an advantage for whom?
    Jason Lee -- Saturday, 8 September 2012, at 1:04 a.m.