Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:23:19 03/22/05
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On March 22, 2005 at 20:36:54, Madhavan wrote: >There is no draw by agreement in computer chess? > >Operator is not allowed to claim draw when his program's evaluation goes >negative? > >there is a big gap between computer chess and grandmaster events >Many grandmaster games result in early draws,and computer program games >goes till the end > >I'd support Draw by agreement,Feel free to give your opinion too,of course. > >Operator can claim a draw if his program's evaluation goes negative >suppose Fritz and Movei were playing,Fritz's evaulation is -1.4 something >and Movei's +1.5.Let's say Uri is wiling to accept a draw when Frans offers. > > >I get an impression that draw by agreement does not exist in computer chess >and program is responsible for offering draws,apparently no program would claim >draw offer. > >This is a Bizzare thing,does anyone here have any idea how to solve this case? >I would be interested to know the ICGA rul The Chessmaster GUI can accept draw requests, based on the computer personality's evaluation and contempt for draw. However, as far as I know, The King engine itself cannot handle draw offers (e.g. a "draw" command that comes over ICC). jm
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