Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:59:43 11/24/03
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On November 24, 2003 at 08:34:22, Kolss wrote: >On November 24, 2003 at 08:27:51, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 24, 2003 at 07:41:00, Earl Fuller wrote: >> >>>It would appear Shredder may have been able to draw the last game against Fritz >>>but the operators may have change the allotted thinking time to help Shredder >>>because of the time troulble the program was in ! >>>It would have been better to lose the game on time, than from the position, >>>don't you agree? >>>Earl >> >> >>Operators can't change _anything_ after the first move is played... > >As far as I remember, operators are allowed to change the internal clock of the >program if it requests to do so (the reasoning behind this is that you mostly >lose a few seconds every move for transferring the move played at the board to >the program and for playing the move on the board and pressing the clock), at >least up to a certain number of times per game. >So you could tell the program it has less time so that it will move faster. > >Best regards - Munjong. All they are allowed to do is respond to the "how much time is left on the clock?" type question. And they have to answer that question accurately. IE they can't say that more time is left than really is, to make the program think longer...
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