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Subject: Re: The Shredder-Jonny draw...

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:40:37 12/01/03

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On November 30, 2003 at 14:10:45, Slater Wold wrote:

>Is not so suspect...
>
>Johannes Zwanzger said that Shredder was clearly won, and that he did not want
>to 'steal the victory' from Shredder because of a stupid bug.  THAT is why he
>did not get a TD, and kept playing.  It was Johannes Zwanzger's choice, and no
>one else.
>
>Shredder won.  Period.

No, again the ICGA rules do _not_ allow the operator to override the program.
The program said 3-fold repetition.  That is not a request to the operator to
"claim a draw if you want or I'll continue playing if you think it best."




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