Author: Mark Young
Date: 16:51:01 09/01/99
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On September 01, 1999 at 14:15:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... I think the draw question is much more interesting question. When do you draw...I think this is a much harder question to answer because it sometimes becomes very subjective as seen in the last game Ed played on ICC in his GM-Rebel matches. It is for sure better to never accept a draw rating wise, but there are other considerations when wanting to play GM's. > > > > >>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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