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Subject: Re: Sudden death game--Who has the advantage?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:38:32 07/03/04

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On July 03, 2004 at 10:46:23, James T. Walker wrote:

>In the WCCC the final playoff could be sudden death with White given 12 minutes
>and black 10 minutes.  In this case black need only to draw to win.  Who
>actually has the advantage under this rule?
>Jim

Black definitely has the advantage, especially if the programmer has the ability
to tell his engine to specifically try to draw the game.

jm



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