Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 16:54:24 12/09/03
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On December 09, 2003 at 17:04:13, Telmo Escobar wrote: >On December 09, 2003 at 09:46:17, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >> >>Another rule: >> >>"An operator can only (1) type in moves and (2) respond to request from >>the compute for clock information." >> >>How can you claim that an operator refusing to make a claim displayed by >>the program is "OK"? >> > > Their reasoning, if I have understood it correctly, is that Jonny didn't claim >a >draw at all, cause that engine doesn't know about the 3 repetitions rule. > > Telmo You are misunderstanding. Jonny understands 2-fold repetitions, which is more than enough, since the programmer knew that the GUI would handle the 3-fold repetition and make the claim when appropriate. This is quite a common way to design this that makes perfect sense.
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