Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:46:39 09/01/99
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On September 01, 1999 at 19:51:01, Mark Young wrote: >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. > my automatic draw offer is very similar to the automatic resign feature, except that the search result must be DRAW for N consecutive moves (N is dynamic just like in the resignation code). Note that DRAW is also somewhat dynamic and depends on your rating, crafty's rating, and how much time you have left on your clock... > >> >> >> >> >>>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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