Author: blass uri
Date: 21:20:47 07/30/00
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On July 30, 2000 at 19:06:32, Jason Williamson wrote: >On July 30, 2000 at 16:50:01, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>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 >On the other hand, spend this time now, rather then after a tournament you play >in and several GM's block the center and crush you like a bug (ie: Deep Junior >in Dortmund). > >JW Deep Junior did an excellent results in Dortmund and I did not see *several* GM's crushing it. Uri
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