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Subject: Re: CCT7 Time Control - Need an answer

Author: Mikael Bäckman

Date: 08:21:31 12/13/04

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On December 13, 2004 at 09:56:18, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>You do have to remember, however, that the length of the round is determined by
>the absolute longest game.  With 70+ participants, I am guessing that AT LEAST 1
>game will hit 150 moves every round.
>
>Another possibility, is to declare an adjudication win at X moves.  If you hit
>100 moves, it is draw regardless. (Or possibly we modify it to not be a draw if
>there is mate on the board, or one side is WAY up (say +3 at least)).
>
>anthony


This would lead to a lot of arguing since there are positions where +3 means
nothing due to misevaluation.
And to give an extreme example of misuse, one could code if (rootMoveNumber >
100) displayedScore += rootMoveNumber; into the program and try to claim a win.
I'm not paranoid :) This is just an example...

Anyways, how do we check on-the-fly if the position really is a win or not?

/Mikael




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