Author: Graham Laight
Date: 03:22:58 11/30/03
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I find the arbiters' decision quite astonishing. -g On November 30, 2003 at 05:38:07, Ed Schröder wrote: >On November 30, 2003 at 04:46:13, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>It means, that engine wants draw. No human intervention needed / allowed. >> >>Jouni > >Your one-liner in more detail: > >Go through the rules of any serious computer chess event, the emphasis is fully >on the fact to eliminate all human intervention, there are 2 computer brains >fighting the game of chess and any human interference in that fight should be >avoided by all means. This is the spirit of comp-comp. > >Therefore I don't understand and it is against the spirit of the rules to >suddenly introduce the human factor as an argument. > >If there was a technical draw on the board then the game is a draw, game >finished. > >If there is a technical checkmate on the board the game is over too, no one >would accept further play because a program has a bug and operators who mutually >decide to continue anyway. > >My best, > >Ed
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