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Subject: Re: 3 fold rep - are there no actual rules?!

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:44:53 11/30/03

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On November 30, 2003 at 14:37:09, George Sobala wrote:

>On November 30, 2003 at 12:52:55, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On November 30, 2003 at 10:32:26, Vasik Rajlich wrote:
>>
>>>It's hard to believe that after thirty+ years of computer chess tournaments this
>>>situation isn't covered in the rules.
>>
>>It is.  Human rules apply except where specific computer rules supercede them.
>>For example, computers play under "blind human" rules.  That means they have
>>an operator to move the pieces, but the operator is _passive_ and can offer no
>>help nor make any decisions.
>
>.. but in the REAL world where comps play top humans, the operators seem to make
>draw decisions for the computer all the time!

In matches you can agree to any rules you want.  In Tournaments you can not.





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