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Subject: Re: programs usually don't keep track of other programs time ?!

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 15:28:44 05/16/04

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On May 16, 2004 at 18:01:02, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>In this position Baron131b2 resigned with White after the Black Queen exchange
>itself for the White rook. But what Baron131b2 didn't know was that black only
>had 1 second left. I don't think that there is any program that can check
>exactly how much time the opponent program has. If El Baron131b2 only knew that
>Frenzee 157 had 1 second left it would had continued and won in time:-)
>

That is why it is not always desirable to allow a program to resign -if the main
thing you are interested in are wins and losses.





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