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Subject: Re: Language issue?

Author: Roger D Davis

Date: 17:18:35 02/12/05

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On February 12, 2005 at 20:08:43, Peter Skinner wrote:

>On February 12, 2005 at 19:59:34, Roger D Davis wrote:
>
>>Maybe there was a language issue here, and when the author was asked if the game
>>was drawn, he thought the question was, "Did the engines agree to a draw?",
>>whereas in your mind the question was "Was a draw the final result?"
>
>There was no language issue. How much clearer can you state that the game is not
>a draw and is still in progress?
>
>Peter

Looks like something that will have to be clarified in the rules of future CCTs:
The clocks must stop running before a draw is official.



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