Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 05:03:42 08/19/99
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On August 19, 1999 at 04:31:03, Shep wrote: >It's a matter of philosophy. I am not a slave to the rulebook, besides my SCCS >tournament rules don't even mention this issue. :) indeed ! :-)) >I want to test playing strength. right. thats the important thing. quality. not 13 seconds of quantity. >If one program steps over the time control by >13 seconds (which is about 1/550th of the alotted overall time), it does not >matter much and does not constitute any unfair advantage over its opponent. >It is also a matter of etiquette. I wouldn't claim a victory in a tournament >because my opponent took 13 seconds too long on his 40th move. If he took 5 >minutes, that would be another issue, but this way it is just as unsportsmanlike >to claim a victory as it is to overstep the controls. >(Actually, I even hate people with "Autoflag=on" on ICC... ;-)) Unsportsmanlike . this is the right word. very on-topic in this field. chess players and chess programmers fro time to time have a problem with fair sports. :-) >--- >Shep
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