Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:42:07 03/27/03
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On March 26, 2003 at 15:41:37, Mike Hood wrote: >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. I don't quite agree. IE a KQP vs KQ _may_ be technically drawn, but it can be very tricky to actually draw the thing. Others come to mind as well, such as KRP vs KR, where I have seen GM players make a mistake when the line is very deep and very exact. I think the opponent should be forced to show that he/she knows how to draw the position, otherwise someone _could_ say that even playing a GM shows disrespect since we don't really have a chance of winning and making him prove that is bad... I don't go along, of course. Crafty _will_ offer draws or accept draws, when appropriate, but for tablebase positions where it is up material, but the EGTB score is draw, it will play on,
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