Author: Mike Hood
Date: 12:41:37 03/26/03
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On March 26, 2003 at 11:05:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On March 25, 2003 at 16:41:35, Mike Hood wrote: > >>I don't think that Chessbase's tablebase engine (which is activated when a >>tablebase position is on the board) is used optimally in drawn positions. In >>engine-engine matches it makes no difference, but a different strategy could >>give better results against human opponents. Let me explain what I mean, using >>the following position: >> > >Crafty has been doing exactly this for many years. It is the "swindle mode" >that several others now have as an option. Thanks, Robert, I didn't know this. Really, playing on in a position which you know is a draw disrespects your opponent. It's as if you're saying to him "Come on, I know you'll make a blunder eventually". My local chess league has a rule to stop things like this. If a player refuses to accept a draw and then makes moves which "do nothing constructive", the other player can call an abjudicator who has the power to declare the game a draw.
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