Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 13:50:01 07/30/00
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On July 30, 2000 at 06:51:17, Marc Plum wrote:
>Then again, how many times do computers run their human opponents out of time in
>dead drawn positions? I don't know about Chess Tiger specifically, but I have
>had completely drawn bishop of opposite color endings which a computer refused
>to draw because it was up a worthless pawn. Sometimes I can make it to the 50
>move limit, sometimes not. Of course, this is not bad sportsmanship, the
>computer really thinks it has an advantage, and the operator may not be able to
>observe all games to intervene. Just don't complain when the shoe is on the
>other foot for once. :-)
>
>Incidentally, if you will concede that a player has the right to play on until
>checkmate in a lost position, why would *any* plan he adopts be considered poor
>sportsmanship?
>
>Best,
>
>Marc Plum
It is bad sportmanship for a chess program to win on time a dead draw bishop
ending.
This could NEVER happen in a chess tournament, because there are specific rules
to deal with this cases. They are not applied on chess servers, and I really
think they should be, whenever possible.
Do you think I have spent so many thousands hours on my chess engine just to see
it winning on time a drawish bishop ending, and see it losing on time a dead
draw closed position?
I'm just like you. I want to see some interesting chess on the board, and I feel
no pleasure when I have to spend several programming hours dealing with players
trying to win on time...
Christophe
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