Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:39:02 02/10/03
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On February 10, 2003 at 08:40:33, Francesco Di Tolla wrote: >I'd like to stress this sentence: > >"After this move Boris, in his gentle way, became more insistent: 28. f4 f6 and >the black king comes to e6. If white now plays a5, said Boris, then I as black >play b5 and I want to win! We both could see on the analysis machine that Junior >wanted to play a5 in every possible variation. I had to agree that Boris was >making more sense than Deep Junior." > >I don't understand from the postings who did the second draw offer and I don't >think it brakes any rule. > >Still I think that offerting or accepting a draw just beacuse you see the >program is going to play a weak move or a blunder is not what I would like to >see, especially with a GM helping the team in such a decision. > >On the other side what should the operator do if he sees a negatve score when he >gets a draw offer? Shoul he tell the opponent "no thanks, I don't take the draw >offer because you are better?". >Even from a scientific viewpoint the fear of the human player is a part of the >"experiment". > >regards >Franz This is simply a poor policy. The computer has to play the moves. Why should it not also have to handle draw requests and make the decision by itself on accepting or declining? And why should it not also make the decision to offer a draw when it thinks it is appropriate. I think the very concept of allowing anything _other_ than the program to offer or accept draws is ridiculous in the extreme... IE if humans can offer/accept draws, why can't they choose the openings? Suggest alternatives it it wants to play a grossly ugly move? Etc. In USCF competition, the "operator" is like a blind chess player's helper. This "helper" makes _no_ game-related decisions, he just makes moves for the blind player and tells the blind player about the clock and when the opponent makes a move. That is what the operator should do in these "exhibition matches" as well.
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