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Subject: Re: How is it Possible for a Chess Engine to Lose on the Clock?

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 10:07:10 10/28/02

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On October 28, 2002 at 10:43:04, Bob Durrett wrote:

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>It seems to me that it should be a trivial programming task to make the program
>manage it's time properly.
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>Why, then, do chess engines lose on the clock?
>
>Bob D.

Sometimes, the program might fall asleep in the middle, or find the position a
bit more complicated than he thought! lol!
Anyway, I have not seen this kind of thing happen with programs I've used. If it
finishes up all its time, it can always stay at "0" seconds left, and do each
move in less than one second each, which does not affect every digital clock at
all.
S.Taylor



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