Author: Will Singleton
Date: 11:58:42 11/02/98
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On November 01, 1998 at 16:57:26, John Wentworth wrote: > 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. This is a good point. Amateur has been playing on the servers for about 6 months now, and I really should put in the ability to offer a draw at the appropriate time. I currently will "claim" the draw when a draw occurs, but won't offer and won't accept. And it *is* ridiculous to see it refuse a draw offer, then go on and draw intentionally in a 50 move situation. Will
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