Author: John Merlino
Date: 19:11:46 11/21/04
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On November 20, 2004 at 22:03:27, James T. Walker wrote: >In the following position ChessMaster claimed a win on time. Is this in >accordance with the rules? >[D]7k/7P/6P1/4KP2/4N3/8/b7/8 w - - 0 69 Yep, that's what the code says -- Black wins. And that's what the rules say. Other people have suggested that "in real life" the clock would be stopped and an arbiter would have ruled the game a draw. Obviously, this was not an option in your game. But, there WAS an option that you did not use -- Offer Draw. If you had done so before your clock ran out, you certainly would have been given the draw. jm
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