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Subject: Re: The operator of Fritz accepted the offered draw, but Fritz...

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 14:33:54 07/19/01

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On July 19, 2001 at 16:49:11, Otello Gnaramori wrote:

>Excerpt from the Chessbase page of the latest report from Dortmund :
>
>http://www.chessbase.com/events/dortm01/dortm03.htm
>
><snip>
>"In the Man vs Machine match Dr Robert Hübner, playing with the white pieces,
>offered his opponent Deep Fritz a draw after 21 moves. The operator accepted,
>even though Fritz thought it was slightly ahead in the game. The score between
>the two is now 2:2. The last two games will be played on Saturday and Sunday."
><snip>
>
>
>Probably when the operator pressed the button "Offer Draw" Fritz answered "I
>think that the game is still quite interesting , let's play on", but the human
>operator didn't want to disappoint Dr. Hubner.
>
>Regards.

I think that operators of chess programs should not have the right to decide if
to agree to a draw.
It is something that only the machines should have the right to decide about.

I think that the operator was simply lazy and this is one of the main reasons
for the fact that Deep Fritz did not win the 4th game.

I think that it is better to say usually no to draw offers unless the position
is a simple draw or the opponent has a simple way to force at least a draw.

Uri



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