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Subject: Re: Shredder wins in Graz after controversy

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 01:06:16 12/10/03

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On December 09, 2003 at 17:57:35, Amir Ban wrote:

>On December 09, 2003 at 10:12:05, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On December 09, 2003 at 10:02:43, Sune Fischer wrote:
>>
>>>It had a draw score and played the drawing moves, so its intention was clear.
>>>The engine wanted the draw and the operator didn't allow it, that's the way I
>>>see it.
>>
>>If the bare engine would have been playing, what would have happened
>>is exactly what happened: the position would have been repeated until
>>either one deviated or it was a draw after all. In the actual game,
>>someone deviated.
>>
>
>No, this had nothing to do with the Jonny engine. It was because the Shredder
>bug did not persist, and it decided to mate, after all.

Shredder was only able to deviate because Jonny 'played through' the 3 fold
repetition. I would have done so too had it not been running under the CB
GUI.

>>The operator reasoned: neither engine understands this is (claimable
>>as) a draw, so why should it be a draw?
>>
>He never said that.

Not to you apparently ;)

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GCP



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