Author: Mihaly Szalai
Date: 07:43:24 10/07/04
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On October 06, 2004 at 20:08:56, John Merlino wrote: >On October 06, 2004 at 12:38:10, Mihaly Szalai wrote: > >>On October 05, 2004 at 17:34:42, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On October 05, 2004 at 15:32:42, Mihaly Szalai wrote: >>> >>> >>>I'm very disappointed in you. You had mate in one with 55.Qgg4#. :-) >>> >>>Additionally, although much harder to find, you had mate in eight with 42.Rf4! >>>But nobody can criticize you for the simplifying line that you chose. >>> >>>Well done! >>> >>>jm >> >>When you know that you have won the game, you tend to lose interest in it... :-) >>CM still cannot resign (that prevents me to play a 40/120 game eg.) and cannot >>learn. In spite of these it's my favourite program. >> >>Mihaly > >Well, it certainly doesn't "prevent" you from playing any time control that you >want. As soon as you know that the game is truly over, just stop playing. Even >if you post the game here, people will understand by looking at the ending >position that there was no reason to go on. I cannot do it in rated games and I don't like adjourning :( Mihaly > >But, yes, not resigning is a design decision that was made very early on in >Chessmaster's history, and there was never any compelling reason to change it. >Perhaps we could have added a "Personalities Can Resign" option, but it just >wasn't a high priority. > >jm
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