Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 05:41:05 11/30/03
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On November 30, 2003 at 08:38:19, George Sobala wrote: >On November 30, 2003 at 08:28:22, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>On November 30, 2003 at 07:05:36, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >> >>>What a WCCC. I guess all participants and TDs are a few years older by now and >>>need some vacations ;-) >>> >>>Anyway, big compliments and congrats to Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and his great >>>program Shredder. Also congrats to the very unlucky Frans Morsch and his Fritz. >>>Both programs really played great chess! >>> >>>About the 3-fold repetition issue - after Gian-Carlo's statement here, that >>>Jonny didn't know about 3-fold repetition at all, but only the fritz-gui, >>>i'll think the decision made by the TD was finally correct. >> >>It matters not that the engine could not detect a 3-fold, it is a draw according >>to the rules of chess, just like the 50-move rule or checkmate. Also, an >>operator is not allowed to force his engine to take a lower result. That's >>throwing the game and thus illegal, unethical, and cheating all at the same >>time. The TDs allowed it thus nullifying the result of the tournament. >> >>MH >> >> >>> >>>Regards, >>>Gerd > >It is not an automatic "draw according to the rules of chess", only if claimed. >It seems it was not claimed. The software being used claimed a draw. If the operator had not intervened, the draw would stand with no questions asked. Is this not so? If so, then the human intervention to turn the = to a 0 is wrong. Matt
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