[computer-go] Computer match time

[Arend Bayer]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 10:56:59AM -0400, Don Dailey wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 10:38 -0400, compgo123 at aol.com wrote:
> I don't like byo yomi either for computers.  Is there a kind of time
> control
> that simply adds n seconds to each move?   Here is an example:  You
> start
> with 5 minutes, but 5 seconds are added to your clock after each
> move.   
> This means you will never be in such extreme time pressure that you have
> to play instantly and you can even build up time by playing moves more
> quickly than 5 minute.    This is used in chess sometimes.  

This is called Fischer time and hardly used in go yet, even though I
agree with you that it would be a superior time control for go as well.
In fact, if we could just get people used to it, I think almost
everybody would prefer it, but go players are conservative... 

Arend