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Clock Experiment

Posted By: Sam Pottle
Date: Friday, 16 January 2009, at 7:26 p.m.

In Response To: Clock Experiment (Jason Lee)

The variance of the number of moves per point (and also of the average "difficulty" of moves) is higher in a short match. This suggests that the ideal time control should be sublinear in match length.

But I agree with Neil; simplicity is important. Happily 1 and 2 points are not mainstream match lengths, at least in main events. It's easy enough to specify a custom time control for a side event with short matches (or variant rules -- see Nackgammon thread).

Messages In This Thread

• Clock Experiment
  Dan Pelton -- Friday, 16 January 2009, at 6:30 a.m.
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    Jason Lee -- Friday, 16 January 2009, at 7:41 a.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 16 January 2009, at 2:23 p.m.
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      Jason Lee -- Friday, 16 January 2009, at 5:18 p.m.
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        neilkaz -- Friday, 16 January 2009, at 6:18 p.m.
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          Rich Munitz -- Friday, 16 January 2009, at 10:12 p.m.
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          Dan Pelton -- Saturday, 17 January 2009, at 2:15 a.m.
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        Sam Pottle -- Friday, 16 January 2009, at 7:26 p.m.
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      Dale Kerr -- Saturday, 17 January 2009, at 3:52 a.m.
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        Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 17 January 2009, at 5:07 a.m.
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        Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 21 January 2009, at 3:22 p.m.