Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:08:45 11/30/03
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On November 30, 2003 at 03:19:34, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On November 29, 2003 at 15:22:45, Dieter Buerssner wrote: > >>which was claimed as draw by Jonny. > >This is a point of much argumentation. Firstly, the draw 'information message' >was made by the Fritz GUI, not the Jonny engine (which didn't know about 3 >fold rep either). Secondly, there was no drawclaim, just an 'information >message' saying the position was a 3 fold repetition. > >One of the problems here is that probably no single engine playing right >now can make 'by the rules' a correct draw claim. > >-- >GCP I think that it was a mistake to let Jonny to use Fritz gui unless chessbase fix it and tell it not to claim draws but after using it I consider it as part of the program. I suspect that the fritz gui claimed draw in other games in the tournament. If the claim was considered as correct without checking if the engine claimed the draw in other games then changing it in the last round is unfair. Uri
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