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Subject: Re: claiming a 3-fold repetition

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 13:11:52 12/01/03

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On December 01, 2003 at 16:05:16, Omid David Tabibi wrote:

>Most programs in WCCC use the UCI protocol (I think Quark was the only pure
>WinBoard engine in Graz, equipped with some innovative patches like a loud drum
>sound after each move!). And in UCI, you can simply print an info string of
>whatever you want, e.g., a draw claim, etc.

Yes. But you cannot end a search without bestmove. So pedantic people may again
see the move executed on the graphical board. Actually, I think when using an
UCI-like interface, one should let the GUI handle this. You practically have to
let the GUI handle things anyway, like time adjustments, asking for time
adjustments, ...

Regards,
Dieter



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