Author: Eugenio Castillo
Date: 08:38:24 11/08/97
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On October 31, 1997 at 17:11:56, Michael Borgstaedt (GOLIATH CHESS) wrote: >On October 31, 1997 at 15:06:34, Howard Exner wrote: > >>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. > >Entering the position WITHOUT whole move history was a mistake by our >operator. Our operator thought, that the engine had a bug, so he >accepted >the draw. I have heard about the situation two days later. - Too late. >I don´t think that a protest would be successful at that time. >See also Goliath´s game against Mchess. We expected to play a new game, >but after our protest the game was moved on two days later with the >actual board position. As Goliath stays at Paris with it´s >engine-version >only (no learning-function e.g.), we have no chance to prepare for the >continue of the game (if we would want to do so). But what about >Mchess?? > >M. Borgstaedt It's absolutely clear that the position is lose, at the begining of the game Goliath crashed just after the opening. Goliath don't moves and anounces matt in 5 moves. We restart the program and it made the same. I sugested the operator to change the computer, (else I could have win the game) I installed the program because Goliath's operator was to nervous. In the final position (the draw position) Goliath don't crahsed and he gives a draw line (by repetition) with +5.xx evaluation. If the program don't crash, have you the right to restart the position? Eugenio Castillo.
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