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Subject: Re: About draws and chessprograms - a chessplayer's view

Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes

Date: 12:09:22 04/30/01

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On April 29, 2001 at 10:47:24, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On April 29, 2001 at 05:10:24, Peter Berger wrote:
>
>>On April 29, 2001 at 00:59:57, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On April 28, 2001 at 16:41:23, Peter Berger wrote:
>>>
>><snip>
>>>
>>>I disagree.  Crafty can't "move pieces" on a real board.
>>
>>This isn't important here IMHO - Crafty understands the concept of a move very
>>well .
>>
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>True.  But it _also_ "understand" that it is talking to a human that will
>have to make the move and stop the clock.
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>>  But in any case,
>>>I have never seen the rule state that you can _not_ make the move on the board.
>>>The rule simply has always been that you must claim the draw on _your_ time.
>>>Then the arbiter confirms the repetition.  In the case of computers, that is
>>>obviously not necessary, but crafty says:
>>>
>>>"my move is 49.  Rc8+
>>>
>>>"The game is a draw by repetition"
>>>
>>>then it waits for whatever happens next...
>>>
>>>I don't see how a computer could do it any differently.
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>>It could say :
>>
>>"The game is a draw by repetition"
>>
>>In case the position on the board is a 3rd repetition it should say nothing else
>>.
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>It does that.  If the position is repeated _before_ it has to move, it does
>not make a move at all, it just claims the draw.
>
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>>In case the 3rd repetition position will be reached by a certain move it could
>>say :
>>
>>" I intend to play 49. Rc8+ and claim draw by repetition ."
>>
>>That ICC and WinBoard/XBoard currently don't support doing it like this doesn't
>>mean it can't be done at all . An enhancement of the WinBoard protocol adding a
>>"claimdraw" as Miguel A. Ballicora suggested would be a good start .
>
>If it was done in winboard and winboard was made compatible with _all_
>chess servers, this would be easy.  But not all servers handle that case,
>meaning winboard would have to behave as it does now for those servers that
>don't...
>
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>>>
>>>I have seen that scenario played in major WC type events.  I once watched
>>>Korchnoi do exactly that in a US Open game...  He made the move on the board,
>>>wrote it down, claimed a draw, and got the arbiter...
>>
>>I don't get your point here - so Korchnoi did wrong ..; the rule explains
>>exactly how it should be done .
>>
>>pete
>
>
>If I am not mistaken, "your move is not completed until you press the clock
>button to stop your clock and start your opponent's clock."  Therefore making
>the move on the board does not invalidate a draw claim.

 I am afraid it does,please see the FIDE rules 10.10 and 10.11. JAFM



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