Author: Graham Laight
Date: 06:32:25 02/09/03
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On February 08, 2003 at 23:37:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I have seen GM draws at move 10, with maybe a pawn exchanged. The rules don't >forbid it and if the higher-rated player only needs a draw to win the event, and >the lower-rated player will finish higher with a draw than with a loss, then >this >is not that uncommon. Particularly near the end of events... It happened at the end of a soccer season here about 20 years ago. One team needed a point to avoid relegation, the other to win the championship. They played out an uncompetitive draw. In less than the time of a flash (metaphorically speaking), the rules were changed so that at the end of a season, all games must be played at the same time. This happens every season now. Now that GK and DJ have made millions of people ANGRY with chess for cynically depriving them of a competitive game, we must adopt the same rule for human v computer games that we have for computer v computer games. The game cannot be finished by mutual agreement without the consent of an arbiter. It's not easy to get millions of people to give up hours of their time. When it happens, they should be respected. GK anf DJ have done our sport a GIGANTIC disservice. It's time we, the suckered spectators, made a stand. -g
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