Author: Gabor Szots
Date: 06:21:21 12/01/03
Go up one level in this thread
On December 01, 2003 at 09:14:41, Roger D Davis wrote: >On December 01, 2003 at 08:01:28, Gabor Szots wrote: > >>If an engine is unable to claim draw on repetition, then it is not a draw if the >>opponent plays on. Not a draw even if the same position repeats 10 times. >>If the GUI claims the draw, it is as if a spectator would have claimed it, >>therefore invalid. >> >>It seems to me that Jonny did not recognize draw because it accepted Shredder's >>next move. In this case Shredder was EXTREMELY LUCKY, but nothing illegal or >>unethical happened. >> >>I think it is unimportant that the GUI claimed the draw only when the position >>had in fact repeated 3 times. In a human tournament, if I make my move, STOP THE >>CLOCK, and call the arbiter, my draw claim is still valid. But without the claim >>of the player himself, NOT EVEN THE ARBITER has to right to declare a draw. This >>is what saved Shredder. An unlucky blow for the Fritz team. >> >>Gábor > >The Jonny author may well have chosen to let the interface catch the draw, >rather than duplicate that functionality in his engine. In human chess, am I allowed to tell my kibitz (or the arbiter) to warn me if the position is a 3-fold repetition? > >Roger
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.