Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 14:33:16 04/29/04
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On April 29, 2004 at 17:17:13, Helmut Conrady wrote: >On April 29, 2004 at 16:14:02, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>On April 29, 2004 at 15:47:33, Helmut Conrady wrote: >> >>>On April 29, 2004 at 15:02:28, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On April 29, 2004 at 10:48:52, Helmut Conrady wrote: >>>> >>>>>On April 29, 2004 at 10:32:45, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On April 29, 2004 at 09:02:39, Victor Zakharov wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>>What do you think about the 50 move rule in computer chess, Guy? Any chances to >>>>>>>>modify it for computer games? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Helmut >>>>>>> >>>>>>>My opinion that rules will be fixed one day when tablebases will be more common. >>>>>> >>>>>>A 25 move rule would be more approriated indeed as the 50 move rule. >>>>>>50 moves is just too long knowing that it just causes forfeits at the internet >>>>>>online chess player. Other uses the 50 move rule doesn't really have. >>>>>> >>>>>>Shortly FIDE had extended it to 75 moves, but that was changed back soon >>>>>>afterwards to 50 moves again. >>>>>> >>>>>>I doubt they will ever change it. >>>>>> >>>>>>If they change it, it will be 25 moves sooner than 75 moves. >>>>> >>>>>IMO that would contradict the spirit of chess. Why not allowing to win a won >>>>>position? >>>>> >>>>>Helmut >>>> >>>>Suppose you and I reach and ending that is won for you in 270 moves. But you >>>>don't know how to do it. >>> >>> >>>No human and no engine without tbs can find a mate in 270. But if the side to >>>win has installed Tbs and they show a mate, the arbiter may not stop the game at >>>this point! >> >>They only show a mate because they don't know about the 50 move rule, in a sense >>they are buggy. >> >>Besides we don't want different rules for men and machines, it should be the >>same game we play. > >There ARE differences: humans e.g. are not allowed to use opening books or >tablebasese during a match ... Computers don't read books they read files, humans just have a different internal file system. :) Seriously though let's not go down that road, it's not even a real rule of chess. -S. >Helmut
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