Author: Harald Faber
Date: 01:10:17 07/13/99
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On July 13, 1999 at 03:55:43, 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 your criteria?? No (suposed!) chance for getting no.1 so games are
stopped earlier?
>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.
You are exaggerating now. I didn't mean to play on R-vs-R.
>I interpret successive displays of "+0,00" as the program's way of offering a
>draw.
Maybe they will play a repitition but since there is none in sight, why not make
some more moves?
>Of course you can disagree with that, but these are the rules.
OK, this is your tournament.
>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. :)
Then you missed some games where such games were NOT won.
>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.
>Shep
I know that it is boring and annoying but you CAN get wrong results when
stopping games when they have almost just begun...
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