Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 21:18:28 04/04/00
Go up one level in this thread
On April 04, 2000 at 23:22:05, James T. Walker wrote: >My opinion about the 50 move rule is that is should be discontinued in games >which have a sudden death time control. There seems to be no reason for a move >limit when there is already a time limit. Since a game cannot last "forever" as >in years past why should there be a 50 move rule? >Other opinions? >Jim Walker I think that 50 moves rule should be excluded of the chess for games in that there are an endgame that the theory considers winner. I would not like to see a game in which a GM could opt for a variant that took him to the win, but that that variant was impossible of being played due to the 50 moves rule. If there are a win possibility, for the theory, I think the opportunity to try the win should be given to the chess player. Paulo Soares, from Brazil
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.