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Subject: Re: In computer games 3-fold repetition should be AUTOMATICALLY draw!

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 20:10:23 11/30/03

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On November 30, 2003 at 19:46:08, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On November 30, 2003 at 13:03:49, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>Here, the case was different.  The computer said "I claim a draw". but the
>>human chose to ignore that and keep playing.  _that_ is not allowed.
>
>There is a difference here.  The Fritz interface said 'there have been 3
>repetitions of position', not the Johnny engine.  Supposedly, the engine didn't
>know about the draw at all.  Neither the engine or the interface actually
>_claimed_ the draw, either.

Jonny had a 0.00 score. The GUI wrote 1/2-1/2 under the notation and a popup
window informed the operator about it.

Isn't that more than enough?

Michael



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