Author: Uri Blass
Date: 23:56:53 02/12/05
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On February 13, 2005 at 00:05:51, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. There is one possible exception. If the position is position when there is no possible win because it is a blocked pawn endgame and the server does not know that it is a draw the result should be a draw by the rules of chess even if the flag of one side fell. Uri
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