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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