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

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 19:31:07 07/03/04

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On July 03, 2004 at 15:38:32, John Merlino wrote:

>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

I believe you are right and I wonder why they adopted this as the final
tiebreak.
Jim



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