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Subject: Re: claiming a 3-fold repetition

Author: Mig Greengard

Date: 14:08:29 12/01/03

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On December 01, 2003 at 15:41:40, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>I have just finished modifying Crafty to do this strictly by the FIDE rules
>even though I consider it silly to do so.

I think this whole thing is ridiculous. All this about GUI vs program and FIDE
rules are beside the point. If a programmer wants to add threefold repetition
awareness for contempt purposes, and most seem to have done so, great. It's a
useful feature in many cases. But otherwise it should just end the game since if
the program had found anything better than the repetition to play it would have
played it already. So "claiming" and "informing" and GUI vs program should be
irrelevant. Let the programmers add the avoidance code as they like.



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