Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 23:35:57 07/30/00
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On July 30, 2000 at 18:33:28, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>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.
BTW I call this fighting if I want to.
You should first spend hours of hard work on your chess program, trying to tell
him how to save a given ending, and maybe one day you'll understand why I call
this "fighting".
And why I call my chess program "him" and not "it". I say this just in case you
want to give me an english lesson about the use of "him" and "it".
Christophe
>>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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