Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 01:44:44 12/05/03
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On December 05, 2003 at 04:39:07, Uri Blass wrote: >On December 05, 2003 at 03:58:59, Daniel Clausen wrote: > >>On December 04, 2003 at 15:54:21, Russell Reagan wrote: >> >>>On December 04, 2003 at 04:04:28, Sven Reichard wrote: >>> >>>>Shouldn't an illegal move lead to an immediate forfeit? >>> >>>It doesn't in a normal chess game, so I don't see why it should in a computer >>>chess game. >> >>But the human would have to make a move with the touched piece, if there is a >>legal move available. I doubt that's the same in computer chess. > >But the computer does not touch pieces. And the computer doesn't have a scoreboard to write down the move and claim draw by 3-fold repetition. As I said - when mapping rules which are meant for humans to computers, these things simply happen. You either have specific rules for computer ches or you will trip over something every other WCCC. Just wait for the next WCCC and another case will show up. :) Sargon
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