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Subject: Re: question about 50 move rule, 6 man egtb, and Fide rules

Author: jefkaan

Date: 05:53:58 05/12/05

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On May 11, 2005 at 21:52:59, Terry McCracken wrote:

>
>Hi Dann, imo his question was open to programers, even though he addressed  Dr.
>Hyatt.

yep, that was the case indeed, but maybe i didn't formulate it
precise enough; see my next question below

>Taking it to e-mail may not be wrong, but it seems anyone with an informed
>thought out answer would suffice.

indeed, even Vincent, but personally i wouldn't be interested in
whether the current Fide rules fundamentally are correct or not,
if you know what i mean..

thanks first of all about notifying me that also the 6 man egtb
are keeping the 50 move rule in mind (with the exception as Dann C)
pointed out that they dont have a move history); simply didnt know that,
as i'm not using the 6 man thing yet, just contemplating it
(via Internet either with Shredder 9 or Chess Assist8.1, eg
for endgame studies).

secondly, wouldnt it be interesting as an option to discard
the Fide 50 move rule, in case there are force mates in
a higher number of moves ? Personally i think that would
be interesting; and when playing with a comp, an
interface or the server could anyway decide on the
50 move drawing ruling; ofcourse the eval
would be wrong (eg saying mate in 190 or so) but
when the opponent, not having the 6 man bases, would
play erroneous moves, you might be lucky anyway,
arriving at mate within the 50 moves.

last stupid question:
are the 6 man tables now complete ?

any plans in the future for some 7 man tables ?
:)
thx in advance for the reply..



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