Author: Andrew Dados
Date: 07:52:23 04/22/00
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On April 22, 2000 at 10:15:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 22, 2000 at 09:18:45, Dan Andersson wrote: > >>Nope you claim a draw, not by making a move but by claiming it. Making a move >>and claiming it is a chess server sillyness. That means any chess program must >>have a separate implementations of 3-fold for 'correct' chess. > > >playing on a chess server and playing in a game is slightly different. On the >chess server there isn't an easy way to make the move, claim the draw, and >_then_ press the clock. > >In a tournament game, not played on a chess server, crafty does it correctly >as the output looks like this: > >My move 14. Nf3 > >I claim a draw by 3-fold repetition > >your move. > >Since the operator has to make the move and press the clock, the operator >sees the move, makes it and announces the draw claim while it is still crafty's >move, since the clock has _not_ been pressed. This is perfectly according to >the rules of chess... > >This can't be done on a chess server, although there has been discussion about >eventually being able to send a move like this: > >Nf3 [draw] > >to solve the small semantic problem of when the draw offer is made and when the >clock is pressed. FICS accept syntax 'draw Nf3' for that purpose. It means exactly: 'I move Nf3 and claim draw before pressing clock'. ICC has yet to catch up. -Andrew-
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