Author: Richard Pijl
Date: 08:12:32 12/20/02
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On December 20, 2002 at 10:48:51, Mike Byrne wrote: >I just finished reviewing 72 games froma tournament in process, In one of those >games, Tao never made a move after exiting the opening book and lost on time. > >What is the proper way to handle that? > >Is it "It is what it is" and I leave it alone - or do I replay the game. > >My own thoughts are ".. to be fair - the game should be replayed" On the hand, >I could see the argument that game counts and is not to be replayed. > >What are the thoughts here from fellow chess computer tournament runners? IMO it depends on whether the book was part of the GUI or not. If the bookmoves were in fact played by the GUI, Tao may have never started correctly, and it would be identical to losing on time before playing the first move. I think this game should be replayed. If Tao selects the opening moves by itself, it has started playing. In this case it should be treated like any other bug in the engine and the game declared lost. Richard.
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