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Subject: Re: Tiviakov vs. Fritz

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 11:23:11 05/17/00

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On May 17, 2000 at 09:45:16, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 17, 2000 at 05:10:09, Francesco Di Tolla wrote:
>
>>On May 16, 2000 at 21:34:56, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>The rules don't say when you may offer a draw.
>>
>>Apparently FIDE has special rules about computer that say that it is the program
>>that must ask the draw, not the operator spontanously: I would like to know if
>>the program did it or not before to answer. But I strongly doubt Fritz would
>>offer draw thinking to speculate/not speculate on the opponents zitenot.
>>
>>Some also say that this tournaments ignores that part of FIDE rules.
>>
>>
>>>repeatedly offer a draw to intentionally distract/confuse your opponent.
>>
>>No again: also doing it in the "worng way" is not correct. 9 explicitly states
>>that one must not disturb referring to article 12
>
>
>I see no "disturbing" here.  The rules allow a draw offer at any point, so long
>as it is made on the clock of the player offering the draw.  But even if it
>is not offered correctly, a single draw offer is not cause for any sanction,

	Of course it causes a sanction. Under current rules, the opponent gets a two
minutes bonus on her/his clock.
José.

>because one is not considered significant disturbance.  Repeated offers on the
>opponent's clock would be cause for sanctions of course... but not just one.
>
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