Author: Uri Blass
Date: 23:23:49 05/30/02
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On May 31, 2002 at 01:40:58, David Dory wrote: > >For tournaments to be successful, the 50 move rule is a must, IMO. Anything else >could be an absolute nightmare! Totally disruptive of the resulting rounds. > >The FIDE did right by this, in both directions: they tried it out, it didn't >work, and they went back to the 50 move rule because it DID work. > >Important to remember that if the TB says "200 moves to mate", that really means >"250 moves to mate" for most humans, if the human can do it all. It may also mean mate in 100 moves because the opponent is also not perfect. > >No tournament could stand up to that kind of regular, long, delays. > >David Today a lot of tournaments are played with no increasment so there is not going to be time delay if fide decide not to use the 50 move rule. There are going to be other problems when one side simply wins on time in a tablebases position inspite of not knowing how to win. Uri
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