Author: Shep
Date: 00:55:43 07/13/99
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On July 12, 1999 at 08:13:01, Harald Faber wrote:
>On July 12, 1999 at 07:18:34, Shep wrote:
>>Maybe. But since the match has no big consequences for the outcome of the
>>tournament anyway, I decided to adjudicate a little earlier.
>
>What does it mean "has no big consequences for the outcome"?? You are in round
>4.
But given their game scores so far, it is highly unlikely CM6 or CST will end up
on #1...
>>This is my "draw rule". Both programs showed "+0,00" three times in a row (OK,
>>strictly speaking, one of the 6 "+0,00" was in fact a "+0,01"...).
>Hmm. Either you or me is interpreting s.th. very different.
>0.00 +/-0.8 means an equal position. Not a draw. Equal position means that if
>both sides play their best the game should and will end in a draw. If one of the
>programs makes a mistake the result may be different. So especiall when there is
>enough material on the board it OFTEN makes sense to continue the game. I can
>show you a game where CSTal2 e.g. threw a simple (at least for me) draw in a
>bishop's ending.
>It should be easy but it isn't.
I am not as strict as you in this regard. Of course I could play any game until
either checkmate or a draw by repetition (both "forced decisions") occurs, since
even a program announcing "mate in 2" may still not win it due to a strange bug
or something.
Just like I could play R vs. R or RR vs. RR until the 50-move rule kicks in.
But that's not how I evaluate games.
I interpret successive displays of "+0,00" as the program's way of offering a
draw. Of course you can disagree with that, but these are the rules.
I have been using the draw rule as well as the win rule ("A game is won if both
sides agree that one side is up by +3 or more for 3 moves in a row, or by +5 or
more in the endgame") successfully for years and am quite happy with it. :)
Besides, don't forget these are _manually played_ games! It gets really boring
for me to watch them play on when both I and the programs know that nothing new
is going to happen.
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Shep
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