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Subject: BUT WAIT!

Author: Ed Panek

Date: 08:38:37 01/22/03

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On January 22, 2003 at 11:35:19, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:

>On January 22, 2003 at 10:21:47, Ed Panek wrote:
>
>>Neither side may capitalize on their opponent's inherent weaknesses, i.e. to
>>tire on
>>                          the part of the human or the loss of time entering
>>moves in the computer (10a). If the
>>                          machine display a draw in its endgame databases the
>>game ends immediately in a
>>                          draw (10a).
>>
>>Interesting..Lets say its down to 7 pieces in the endgame. During this time
>>while calculating, Deep Junior sees a variation that will allow Garry to perp
>>check the computer. Seeing this line as "best play" by both sides and evalauting
>>this as a draw does this mean the game ends in a draw or only when the board has
>>5 or fewer pieces?
>
>You can read below
>
>10. Etiquette regarding draws:
>
>                           a. The contestants voluntarily take upon themselves
>to observe etiquette in agreeing
>                           to draws without capitalizing on their opponent's
>inherent weaknesses, i.e. the human
>                           player's tendency to tire in a pointless game of many
>moves, and the machine's
>                           tendency to lose time through the time taken by its
>operator to input the human
>                           player's moves. Should a position be reached which is
>in the machine's endgame
>                           databases and if the result from that position with
>correct play is a draw, then the
>                           game ends immediately and the machine operator must
>promptly advise the human
>                           player and the arbiter that the game has been drawn.
>
>Miguel
>
>
>>
>>
>>Ed

But wait..Remember in the game Deep Fritz vs Krmanik where DF returned his
bishop back to its orignal square thinking Kramnik would also repeat? Wouldnt
this also be immediately a draw as well if it happened in its EGTB search? WHat
if Kasparov, like Kramnik did,  thinks this is fallacy?


Ed



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