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Subject: Re: Goliath vs. Eugen

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 12:06:34 10/31/97

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On October 30, 1997 at 12:54:41, Michael Borgstaedt (GOLIATH CHESS)
wrote:

>On October 30, 1997 at 11:55:33, Howard Exner wrote:
>
>>Does anyone else share the opinion that Goliath
>>was mistaken to repeat the position in its game
>>against Eugen? Looks like a win instead of a draw
>>for Goliath.
>>
>>3k4/p2rrn2/1p4Q1/1PpN2p1/2P1P2p/5P1P/P5K1/8 w - - id=Goliath - Eugen
>>7.2;
>
>Of course!
>Goliath shows a score of + 4,10 up to 5,00 pawns !!
>We have checked the position with our copy: Goliath plays well,
>instead of repeating the position, and wins easily.
>Not clear for us, what was going on during the game.
>No exact informations from our operator up to now, but it seems
>that the computer crashed. Instead of reloading the complete game, our
>operator only entered the actual position. So, the game history was
>missing and the programm "doesn´t" know, that the position was repeated
>before. Ugly!!
>
>
>M. Borgstaedt

I think that if the computer crashed then the game should be set
up properly and replayed. Your program should be allowed to get the full
point.
I feel that would be a fair decision for all involved.



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