To H.G.M.: why have you to be that unfriendly? But to give you a strong
argument, that longer thinking phases could change a game result: have a
look at:
[site removed],
where [a claim is made], that there would be a mate in 9. In
fact there SMIRF has been in a lost situaton. But watching a chess engine
calculate on that position, you could see, that an initial heavy
disadvantage switches into a secure win. Having engines calculate with
short time frames would probably lead to another result. Here increasing
thinking time indeed is leading to a result switch.
[The above has been edited to remove a name and site reference. It is the
policy of cv.org to avoid mention of that particular name and site to
remove any threat of lawsuits. Sorry to have to do that, but we must
protect ourselves. -D. Howe]