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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