Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:15:04 09/01/99
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On September 01, 1999 at 14:04:07, Jari Huikari wrote: >On September 01, 1999 at 13:43:22, Jari Huikari wrote: >>Summa summarum: NEVER resign! > >Resigning a game is a loss for sure. >Not resigning is probably a loss too, but not necessarily. > >So why resign, if there are (even 0.00001%) changes to avoid the loss? >Why ever take zero points, if one could have (even few) changes to get more? > easy answer... on a server, if you make a GM play on when he is up a queen and several pawns, he won't play you any more, as he considers that insulting. I'd rather lose a lost game and play him more games, rather than have him walk away in disgust. This is also why Crafty offers and accepts draws when it thinks the game is drawn... >Program doesn't feel bad, if it goes on fighting until its mated, does it? >(Or does it's programmer? :-) > > Jari
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