Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:22:50 10/23/02
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On October 22, 2002 at 22:56:03, Mark Young wrote: >On October 22, 2002 at 18:19:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 21, 2002 at 22:34:22, Mark Young wrote: >> >>>On October 21, 2002 at 00:03:30, Brian Katz wrote: >>> >>>> What I do not understand is How on Earth would Deep-Fritz 7 accept an >>>>unforced draw in 21 moves. Even if the Drawing parameters are set lower. >>>> On ICC games my Fritz 7 programs plays on for quite a long time in drawn >>>>positions. >>>> Something like this makes me wonder if the match was fixed. >>>>Any opinions?? >>>>Brian Katz >>> >>>Deep Fritz did not accept the draw. The operators of Fritz accept or decline >>>draw offers. The program had no say what so ever. >>> >>>Being down 2 game and having the world champion offer the program a draw in the >>>last game for a sure tie match was just too much for the fritz team to pass up. >> >> >>I am still amazed that the rules allow this. The program is supposedly playing >>the game. >>The program should be able to offer draws, and accept draw offers, by itself. >>The human >>operator should be unable to play _any_ role in the proceedings whatsoever >>except to enter >>moves and make moves on the board (blind chess rules)... >> >>If a program is unable to accept/decline draw offers, it can not play legal >>chess. If it is >>unable to offer draw offers, it could be considered a "rude" box. :) > >I agree...I don't think it would be hard to program the computer understand >match tactics and this being part of the programs strength or weakness. It would seem to me that if the computer is going to play a _match_ then it must have some idea about how to win (or avoid losing) a match. The operators should have no influence. In a USCF event, the operator can not offer or accept draws. He/She can only relay moves between the program and game board, and operate the clock. The one exception is that the operator can answer the computer if it asks about time remaining on the clock, just like a blind player's "helper" can answer that question for him.
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