Author: Leo Dijksman
Date: 00:50:21 07/29/02
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On July 28, 2002 at 18:42:52, Russell Reagan wrote: >On July 28, 2002 at 03:38:42, Leo Dijksman wrote: > >>I add engines automatically to my tournament as soon they comply to the >>'tournament rules' (most impotant ones: not to buggy and must claim draw result >>at 3x rep and/or 50 moves rule under winboard) > >What is the reason for requiring that a draw must be claimed after 50 moves >without a pawn move or capture? > >Russell Because of the time controle I use (40 moves/40 minutes), if both engines do not support the 50 moves rule they keep on playing! When I was testing (before I started my tournament) the longest game was almost running 13,5 hours before I found and aborted it! (near to 500 moves) Thats not what I want to see :-)) Leo.
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