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Subject: Re: Tablebases and 50 moves rule

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 05:51:07 09/15/01

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On September 15, 2001 at 07:47:31, Janosch Zwerensky wrote:

>
>>I have no problem if you like more another game but in this case you should not
>>call the relevant game of computers in the name chess.
>
>Then in autoplayer tournaments another game then chess is played anyway, since
>the FIDE regulations on computer chess demand that the game be played on a
>tournament chess board...

You are mixing up "rules" with "regulations". The rules determine set of legal
moves on a given position and tell when the games end and how to score it. They
are an abstraction which has nothing to do with the means used to conduct the
game.
The regulations tell how the game is actually played. They specify the size of
the board and the pieces, what to do when a player shows up late for the game,
where to place the scoresheet, etc.
The 50-move rule is actually a rule. If you change the rules, you change the
game (FIDE has done this a few times). The regulations change very often, but
they do not change the game.
José.



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