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Subject: Re: Fairness and good manners in chess (Tiviakov vs. Fritz)

Author: Ulrich Tuerke

Date: 06:49:51 05/17/00

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On May 17, 2000 at 09:39:18, Gerrit Reubold wrote:

>On May 17, 2000 at 08:45:53, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:
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>>I am afraid that your goal is a bit too ambitious. E.g. my program sometimes
>>feels very well (+3) in a  dead drawn position, just not recognizing that there
>>is no plan to win.
>>
>>I think in this case the operator should interfere in order to avoid the GM
>>boring to death.
>
>My goal is not to bore the GM, of course. I would rather have the GM claim a
>draw at the TD instead of the operator deciding about a "+3 position".
>
>My goal is to avoid situations when a competitor of the GM complains that the GM
>got a draw offer at +3 and he (the competitor) had to play on in a "-1
>position".

Perhaps the program's score should be made known to the operator only (and not
to opponents and competitors). We know that the score is only a means to guide
the search to find the right move.

E.g., a position which is +4.5 for one program can be +0.7 for another one.

Chess players however are inclined to take this very seriously. I had too often
to debate about this. Thus, I think no decision should be based on the score
displayed by the program.

Uli


>
>Gerrit



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