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Subject: Re: A (useless) CM8000 Beta vs. Crafty 17.13 tournament

Author: John Merlino

Date: 19:14:27 09/29/00

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On September 29, 2000 at 22:05:52, Steve wrote:

>Just one question:  WHY does Chessmaster never resign?

It's been as designed since the very first Chessmaster. The engine's opponents
are almost entirely humans (and the GUI is designed as such), and it was felt
that, since humans can always make mistakes, that each human should be forced to
complete the game and prove that he/she can checkmate the engine. Also, there is
much more satisfaction out of checkmating a computer than having it resign when
you're closing in for the kill.

jm



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