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Subject: Re: How many ways can a game terminate?

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 03:32:20 07/23/04

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On July 22, 2004 at 17:58:45, Uri Blass wrote:

>On July 22, 2004 at 16:49:41, Steven Edwards wrote:
>
>>How many ways can a game terminate?  Here's my list, taken straight from
>>Symbolic's toolkit source:
>>
>>// Game terminations
>>
>>typedef enum
>>{
>>  CTGameTermNil = -1,
>>  CTGameTermAdjudicatedDraw,
>>  CTGameTermAdjudicatedWinForBlack,
>>  CTGameTermAdjudicatedWinForWhite,
>>  CTGameTermCheckmateToBlack,
>>  CTGameTermCheckmateToWhite,
>>  CTGameTermDoubleForfeit,
>>  CTGameTermDrawAgreedByBlack,
>>  CTGameTermDrawAgreedByWhite,
>>  CTGameTermDrawFiftyMoveByBlack,
>>  CTGameTermDrawFiftyMoveByWhite,
>>  CTGameTermDrawMaterialByBlack,
>>  CTGameTermDrawMaterialByWhite,
>>  CTGameTermDrawThirdRepByBlack,
>>  CTGameTermDrawThirdRepByWhite,
>>  CTGameTermGenericDraw,
>>  CTGameTermGenericWinByBlack,
>>  CTGameTermGenericWinByWhite,
>>  CTGameTermResignByBlack,
>>  CTGameTermResignByWhite,
>>  CTGameTermRuleBreachByBlack,
>>  CTGameTermRuleBreachByWhite,
>>  CTGameTermStalemateToBlack,
>>  CTGameTermStalemateToWhite,
>>  CTGameTermTimeForfeitByBlack,
>>  CTGameTermTimeForfeitByWhite,
>>  CTGameTermUnterminated
>>} CTGameTerm;
>>
>>The above are useful for supplying a meaningful value for a PGN "Termination'
>>tag pair.
>>
>>Any suggestions for additions?
>
>I do not understand
>1)
>CTGameTermDrawFiftyMoveByBlack,
>CTGameTermDrawFiftyMoveByWhite
>
>Why seperate it.
>
>100 plies with no conversion is a draw if the final position is not checkmate
>and every side can claim it.
>
>same for draw material by white or third repetition.
>Every side can claim a draw by insufficient material of the opponent and I do
>not have seperate claims for white and black.
>
>2)CTGameTermGenericDraw
>I do not understand all the generic.
>If the game was not adjudicated or finished by the normal rules it continues.
>
>I do not understand wgar is generic draw or generic win and you include case
>when one side resign.
>
>3)CTGameTermRuleBreachByBlack,
>
>I do not understand what it is.
>
>Uri

If a player obstinately breaks the rules, the TD may disqualify him.
José.



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