Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 05:46:39 11/30/03
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On November 30, 2003 at 08:41:37, David Dory wrote: >On November 30, 2003 at 08:28:22, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>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 >> > >MH, you're reading the rulebook for some other game, NOT chess. > >It is NOT a draw unless the player (or program), calls it a draw, >states/displays or prints, his intention to make the move resulting in the 3 >fold repetition, and requests the TD/arbiter to make it official, AND >subsequently makes the move resulting in the 3 fold repetition after the draw is >approved by the TD/arbiter. > >If ONLY the fritz GUI knew of the 3 fold rep., and not Jonny, it would be >absolutely ludicrous to give Jonny the draw, don't you agree? Not at all. UCI protocol allows the interface to make decisions for the engine. In effect, the interface is part of the package, just like EGTBs. If the operator had done nothing, the game would be a draw, period. To intervene and alter that result is "throwing the game", which is all kinds of bad, wrong, illegal and unethical. MH > >Dave
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