Author: John Wentworth
Date: 13:57:26 11/01/98
Seems like most programs don't offer draws very often. I was wondering how
this could be effecting the ratings. Because I have noticed that when playing
programs that lots of times they continue to play in a drawn position, instead
of just offering a draw. So what ends up happening is that they continue to push
their pieces around until oneside ruins their position and then loses.If
programs would sometimes offer draws instead of continuing to shuffle pieces
around, they might get out of a losses, thus effecting their ratings.
Sometimes it's just ridiculous, I played Phalanx against Gnuchess and the
only pieces they had were a King and Queen each, yet continued to play without
offering a draw.I guess many programs don't offer draws at all, obviously
Phalanx and Gnuchess don't. Just a thought.
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