Author: Brian Blanks
Date: 20:23:57 11/19/02
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On November 19, 2002 at 00:29:20, John Merlino wrote: >On November 18, 2002 at 12:16:33, Gerald Grimsley wrote: > >>Hello, I am a long-time fan of the CM series. I've been playing CM9000 on the >>rated game mode, and notice a couple of minor problems. In a game against a 2100 >>personality, I reached a completely blocked bishop and pawn endgame that is dead >>drawn. I keep offering draws and the opponent declines. We just keep shuffling >>the same king and bishop back and forth for 20 or 30 moves. I continue to offer >>draws to but no avail. How do I end this game and get proper credit for rating >>points? Another thing I have noticed is that once when playing a rated game, I >>adjourned it, continued it later, finished the game, and my player rating was >>properly displayed. However, later when I went to play a new game, my rating in >>the player profile showed no reflection of the adjourned game results. >>Any thoughts on these two observations? >>Thanks in advance, >>Gerald > >Whether or not a personality accepts a draw offer is based on two things: > >1) How the PERSONALITY evaluates the position and, >2) The personality's "contempt for draw" setting. > >Some personalities have such a high contempt for draw that they will not accept >a draw offer even if they are down a piece. You should check the personality >that you were playing to see if that explains the behavior in this case. > >How do you end this game? Simple! Continue playing until the 50-move rule. It is >perfectly legal for an opponent to refuse a draw, so you must continue playing >if you want the game to end. > >I have no idea about the rating bug that you are describing however. > >jm As far as the Rated Game Bug is concerned... I had the exact same thing happen to me 2 nights ago. I played a rated game, adjourned it, and then reloaded it and played out the game. When I lost, a window popped up and said my rating had decreased x number of points. But in the same message, it also said my rating remained at 1500. When I looked at the Player Profile screen, it displayed my updated rating correctly. Yet when I set up another Rated Game, the box said my rating was still at the original 1500 value. I've done it twice since then without adjourning the game, and it seems to work fine. Seems like it gets confused upon saving/restarting...???
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