Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 15:33:28 07/30/00
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On July 30, 2000 at 16:31:54, Christophe Theron wrote: >Even in a lost position a chess program still tries to fight. Is this what the >human player is doing in these games? I believe there's a difference in defending an equal position with all possible means and trying to resolve a lost position by winning on time. BTW, chess programs don't fight. They either resign because they're told to or keep playing until checkmated. Fighting is a human term. >There are no double standards BTW, as a program losing on time doesn't get any >point. Exactly as if a human loses on time. That's not the impression I got from the original poster nor you. I wonder if the original poster would have complained if he had a program, where the resign option was malfunctioning and it kept winning on time. Somehow I'm inclined to suspect that he would not have complained. >I said in another post that I accepted the erroneous rules of chess servers (in >a regular tournament the game would have been a draw because one player is not >doing any attempt to improve its position and the other player can claim it way >before losing on time), and I will address this problem. That sounds like a sensible solution. Best wishes... Mogens
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