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Subject: Re: Language issue?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 21:05:51 02/12/05

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On February 12, 2005 at 20:18:35, Roger D Davis wrote:

>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.


No, the game is not a draw until the chess server says it is a draw.  No more,
no less, because automatic interfaces are mandatory, not optional.  And human
intervention is forbidden, not required for draw claims.  Etc.



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