Author: blass uri
Date: 05:10:35 10/17/98
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On October 17, 1998 at 08:01:40, Kai Lübke wrote: >On October 16, 1998 at 06:24:17, blass uri wrote: > >>Is the draw between fritz5 and Junior your decision? >> >>Almost all the pieces were in the board at move 40 and there were no 3 move >>repetition. >> >>I think that you should continue this game. >>I understand that the game is not interesting because the programs have no plans >>to do something but I think that you should let the programs to express >>themselves because I am not sure that it will be a draw. > >One of my tournament rules is that games where no apparent progress is made can >be decided to be a draw. If the programs don't do anything to break up the >position for >15 moves or so, it's pretty pointless to wait for something new to >happen. I could play on for another 4 hours and wait until one program makes a >mistakes as time runs out, but that's not what humans would do in a tournament, >therefore this rule. >Of course you have a point here, just as much as you may argue I should always >wait for mate and not stop a game if both programs see one side +4 up. >But statistically chances are small that this would make any significant >difference on the long run. when one side is +4 up I agree that the statistical chance is small but when the programs don't do nothing to break up the position for >15 moves I think there are better chances that something will happen because after many moves one program can push a pawn or put the pieces in better places and suddenly see something. I agree that there are good chances for draw but not more than 99% like in cases of +4 up. It is your tournament and you can do what you want but for me this game is undecided with a good chance for draw. Uri > > >--- >Shep
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