Author: Thomas Mayer
Date: 06:15:44 12/20/03
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Hi Bob, just my two cents about the ICGA decision: as you may remember and as given in the explanation of the ICGA about the decision the draw was not declared at the correct point and the Jury thinks that then according to the FIDE rule the game can't be a draw. To me that explanation was sound. It can be made that way... But of course I do not agree to it - in my opinion the operator has to be as passiv as possible and must try to do the best for his engine - but in a passive way. (Like making the moves fast enough etc.) Afaik at least one person of the Jury had the same opinion. Let's think the other way: What to do when the draw is NOT shown by any engine. THEN I think it MUST be played on... But in the case we had in the 11th round there was clearly stated that the engine DID take the draw, by a 0.00 score AND by the information window... Shredder would have lost half a point due to a bug... Well, that is bad luck but happens all the time... (As you mentioned already) So I definitely agree to the statement of Amir and I hope that for the next tournament this will be defined in a way that everybody understands it. (In my opinion it is already defined correctly in the rules, but there seem to be some need for clarification... :) Greets, Thomas P.S.: So decision X with it's explanation Y is okay - but explanation Y seems not to take care of the rule Z... :) Some more logic... :)
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