Elo boost and time management

[xr_a_y]

How much can we expect from a "good" time management in term of elo ?
Let's say we have a very basic time management such as

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nextAvailableTimeForMove = remainingTime/remainingMove + smallMargin

and we introduce things like emergency time, "simple response"/easy move, game phase dependency, ...
Will it be really much better ? Does someone has some past experience on the subject ?

[hgm]

Well, compared to this you could probably gain huge Elo (in classical TC), as what you write would forfeit unfailingly on the last move of the session.

[odomobo]

I believe it should be:

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nextAvailableTimeForMove = remainingTime/remainingMove - smallMargin

[xr_a_y]

eheh indeed !

Anyway, the question was between a simple and a complex time management.

[Laskos]

How much can we expect from a "good" time management in term of elo ?
Let's say we have a very basic time management such as

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nextAvailableTimeForMove = remainingTime/remainingMove + smallMargin

and we introduce things like emergency time, "simple response"/easy move, game phase dependency, ...
Will it be really much better ? Does someone has some past experience on the subject ?

Here is something:
http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=54534

Should be around 60 or a bit more Elo points between a good time management at
base time + small increment
versus
no time management, fixed time per move

for the same total time used.

[elcabesa]

from my own test it give a very good Elo boost at very short time control, the longer the time countrol the smaller the elo gain I suppose.

but I haven't done a lot of testing with long time control, let's say 10 minutes/games or TCEC/CCCC time control

[brianr]

Time management is somewhat deceptively complex. Including sophisticated pondering, "easy move [more for the benefit of humans observing]", and considering opponent time left make it a specialized and often overlooked niche within computer chess all by itself.

[xr_a_y]

Thanks for those inputs.

A test is currently running with Minic, and it seems around 35elo is gained just from an emergency time implementation.

[elcabesa]

Thanks for those inputs.

A test is currently running with Minic, and it seems around 35elo is gained just from an emergency time implementation.

what are the game timing conditions?

[xr_a_y]

40moves/20sec