Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 21:54:52 09/14/01
Go up one level in this thread
On September 14, 2001 at 20:00:34, Helmut Conrady wrote: >On September 14, 2001 at 19:50:16, Dan Andersson wrote: > >>The rules state that you have to mate in 50 moves. Then it doesn't matter if you >>might mate in 51. An analogous example is if you are 45 moves into the 50 move >>rule and you have a forced mate in 6 moves. Then its also a draw. The only point >>is that if you follow the rules of chess you cannot claim a win, unless your >>opponemt allows it. > >The 50 move rule is useful ONLY for human play, because no arbiter can say, >whether a special position on the board is a exception for a win in more than 50 >moves. But there are arbiters that can say: The TBS! Why a draw, when a position >is won after a couple of best moves?? > >Helmut Before even considering the use of a TB as an arbiter, I would want a formal proof of correctness for the program that generated it. Dave
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.