Author: Chessfun
Date: 16:27:40 03/08/00
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On March 08, 2000 at 18:55:41, Michael Cummings wrote: >On March 08, 2000 at 07:53:31, Chessfun wrote: > >>On March 08, 2000 at 07:45:03, Thorsten Czub wrote: >> >>>On March 08, 2000 at 07:23:27, Chessfun wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>Hi, >>>> In game 1 of my Easter tourney >>>>CStal runs itself out of time. >>> >>>the "bug" is known. >>>chris wanted to make cstal very human-like, >>>so it plays incorrect sacs and also oversteps time-controls. >>>should not happen in 40/120. but in blitz-controls it happens... >>>if you would play in tournament-time-control, the problem would >>>IMO not occur. i have played in many tournament, and also >>>at home, and at home it uses it's own clock, on championships >>>i normally give myself an extra time between 3-5 minutes for >>>operating. >>> >>> >>>>It counts down from 60 secs and >>>>just ignores the countdown and moves >>>>20 secs after it. This was after 59 moves, >>>>I played the game out but am puzzled. >>> >>>:-)) >>> >>>so one point for chessmaster ! >>>consider: only the result counts. >>> >> >>No, I don't see it that way. >>Since it's time is buggy I see it as drawn >>otherwise it will likely lose all on time. > >You must see it that way, there are rules to chess games and if CSTal is >incapable of playing chess that way then it will always lose, and so it should. > You are right....it cannot be considered a draw. Thanks >If two humans were playing, do you think an opponent would offer a draw if the >other guy always made his time run out, I do not think so. > >If you want to consider the game a draw, then I suggest you scrap the whole >series of matches with Tal playing at that time control, cause I can tell you >what the results would be, endless draws using you rules. > >That said, just another reason I would never consider buying CSTal
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