From: Reijer Grimbergen <grim <at> yz <dot> yamagata-u <dot> ac <dot> jp>
Date: 13 may 2005
Subject: Re: The results of the 15th WCSC

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Theodore Hsu wrote:

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> I suppose it's likely that most games were played with the 1min + 30=20
> byoyomi that the majority of club24 games are played under.
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This is correct. If you can read Japanese, the YSS results are on this page=
:

http://www32.ocn.ne.jp/~yss/24rating.html

Even if you can not read Japanese there is some interesting info on this=
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page. The graph at the top shows how YSS's rating changed during the 52=20
games. The graph at the bottom shows how the YSS rating changed over the=
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years. Extending this graph will mean that YSS will be the top club24=20
performer in less than five years... (not enough data to be sure, of=20
course.)

> Would you expect it to be relatively weaker with the 15min + 60 byoyomi=
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> time control?
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I have no idea, but my guess would be that it would not make that much=20
difference. I think that to topple computers, long term strategies are=20
needed combined with careful execution. 15'+60" sounds to fast for me to=
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do this with a consistently high chance of success.

BTW, a majority of the losses of YSS was against anaguma. This is a=20
problem strategy for most computers because breaking down an anaguma=20
requires a long term attacking plan. Give it a try next time you play a=20
computer...

Reijer

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Reijer Grimbergen
Department of Informatics, Yamagata University
Jonan 4-3-16, Yonezawa, 992-8510 Japan
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