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Subject: Re: FICS and expired time

Author: Jeff GAZET

Date: 01:58:02 05/24/04

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>I've had my engine playing on FICS for about a week now and have had several
>games where the opponents clock runs out but there is no end to the game. I
>expected that if the opponents clock runs out that FICS would declare the game a
>victory.
>
>My question is:
>do i need to have my engine detect if the opponent has gone over the time limit
>and report a result? or do i not understand the rules on clocks correctly?
>
>any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Eric Oldre

You shouldn't have to do anything in your engine.
If you are using WinBoard (or XBoard), check the case "Options - General -
Autoflag".



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