Author: Mike S.
Date: 13:31:40 04/26/02
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On April 26, 2002 at 16:01:49, K. Burcham wrote: >So will you be expected to Abort the game, as was done for Smirin, from a won >posiiton if you encounter technical difficulties. >Will the other programmers accept this as a new standard, a gentlemans >rule. A new tradition. >can we expect this from all other programmers, in all the tournaments from now >on? They offered a draw before aborting. What is the alternative, if technical difficulties occur and the program can't continue? Normally, the computer team must resign. It was fair from Smirin not to accept resignation, or even a draw in that game, but this doesn't form a standard IMO. It wasn't typical. I also wouldn't call it unfair if a GM gets the point in such a situation. I remember another game (without tech problems), when a GM felt insulted because the operator "only" offered a draw instead of resigning. - But he was in severe time trouble, and the operator (the programmer) didn't want to get the full point due to timeout... but this fairness approach didn't suite the taste of the master, obviously. He even protested afterwards. Operators should go for the full point in such situations IMO, and not worry too much about fairness. There's a reason when a GM gets in time trouble after all, and the clock is part of the sport. Regards, M.Scheidl
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