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Would never play under these circumstances

Posted By: Mark Denihan
Date: Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 5:12 p.m.

In Response To: Would never play under these circumstances (Timothy Chow)

"With more time, do you play better?"

Yes.

Having played 3500 matches on GG, where I try to play at the same speed as my opponent, which is usually faster than I am comfortable with, my PR averages about 1 unit higher than it does in the thousands of matches I've played against XG competition mode, where I take more time trying to decipher positions I don't understand, and triple check that I am not missing a candidate move, or making a simple blunder.

In any game, for me the point has always been to find the best move.

" In my experience, slower, weaker players don't actually play any better when given more time to think."

I think this may often be the case with intermediate and lower strength players, but above that a player has more to think about. Witness the comments in this thread from strong players who lament the analysis they have to skip because of time constraints.

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