Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 13:31:28 10/15/03
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On October 15, 2003 at 15:07:55, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 15, 2003 at 12:24:33, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>On October 15, 2003 at 12:03:09, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>Ufim did a decisive mistake in move 301 by claiming a draw for reason that >>>programs should not claim a draw. >> >>If Ufim has a fixed movelist of 300 moves then Ufim did the right thing IMO. >>The alternatives would have been: >>*) stop moving and lose on time >>*) resign (internal limit reached) >>*) crash >> >>Since the game would have been adjurdicated as a draw in any case I don't see a >>problem with just claiming it, it is the best option. > >Not for the reason that Ufim mentioned I think if Ufim had given the "correct" reason you would have been inclined to believe it was a bug and not a limitation of the engine. > and it is a mistake because the >right solution is to alllow bigger internal limit. Right, I use 500 moves myself but that's really a different story. >>>Fortunately the opponent has only king so it is a draw but white has a forced >>>mate. >> >>Well it is not illegal to claim a draw in won positions, just foolish :) >> >>-S. > >Ufim did not claim a draw for the right reason. >it could claim a draw for the reason of insufficient material of the opponent Ufim could do whatever it felt like, there is no way it can lose the game at that point, unless you want to disqualify/penalize the engine for "bad behavior" :) I wonder if resigning would even be acceptable in such a position? >but it did not do it and it seems that it was lucky to capture the last knight >of the opponent at move 300(otherwise it could lose the game). We can suspect it would make the same claim under different circumstances, but this wasn't different circumstances. :) -S. >Uri
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