Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 03:43:16 11/30/03
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On November 30, 2003 at 06:40:37, swaminathan natarajan wrote: >what bug? > >illegal move bug? The only thing that a program can NOT do is grab the arbiter by his hands and claim the draw :-) In its decision the ICGA confirms that the Jonny program had announced its move and stated on the screen “info” and “dreifache Stellungswiederholung” (“information” and “threefold repetition of position”). But, said Jaap van den Herik, this is different from "announcing its intention of making the move and displaying wording to the effect that it was claiming a draw," as the FIDE rules would requrie. The "Info" display only meant that the program was supplying status information, not claiming a draw. Of course computers have always announced threefold repetitions in a Windows alert box, we know of none that goes to the arbiter (or instructs its operator to do this in its stead) to formally claim the draw. Were all previous claims by computer programs illegitimate?
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