Author: Frederic Friedel
Date: 07:33:30 05/08/00
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On May 08, 2000 at 08:02:00, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: > >Another thing to be considered is that both Fritz and Piket play way better >chess than Mr. Morsch. So what if the position would have been won but he didn't >realize it ( and Fritz hadn't shown it because it was too far away ) ? > >Most Computer programs have a so called contemptfactor meaning that for example >if they are down -0.15 but the contemptfactor is set to -0.20 they will not give >a check by repetition if possible. Against a strong human like Piket the >contemptfactor could be positive. Now when the human offers a draw the operator >would simply click on the "draw" button in the interface and in case 0 > eval - >contempt the computer will accept, else decline. > You are right, of course. But Frans finds it distasteful to try to get a point by playing on Piket's time (six minutes vs 61 for Fritz). Naturally Fritz itself would have played on, since it was displaying a substantial plus. And with the knight it would have created enough complications to occupy the opponent for more than six minutes. But apparently that's not the way Frans wants to win games. His commentary after the game was typical: "The result is okay. Fritz didn't play any crazy moves, I'm very pleased".
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