Author: Uri Blass
Date: 20:14:28 07/21/05
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On July 21, 2005 at 14:51:20, Günther Simon wrote: >On July 21, 2005 at 06:12:08, Steve Glanzfeld wrote: > >>On July 21, 2005 at 02:56:14, Eduard Nemeth wrote: >> >>>Read my message too, here (only german): >>> >>>http://f27.parsimony.net/forum67838/messages/808.htm >>> >>>The 50 move Rules (german: mit einer Meldung in einem Dialogfenster sogar) with >>>Shredders move 86...g5 (It was a pawn, see game) is against the FIDE Rules! Or? >> >>Most chess programs do not claim the 50-draw before making the 50th move (100th >>ply), or by putting the move into the notation only. They move and then claim >>although at that moment, they do not have the move. It has always been like >>this, although it's not FIDE compliant. > >That's wrong! Chess programs never ever claimed 50 moves rule after >ply 100 _with_ a pawn move or a hitting move. This loses of course >in any tourney according to the rules. I guess you mixed things up >with all other moves except pawn moves and hitting moves? >Only buggy programs do this. Saying this, the 100ply mate bug is not >that uncommon in a lot of programs, it just happens rarely;) > >Guenther There are 2 possible reasons that it is again the fide rules: 1)claiming a draw after making a move 2)claiming a draw with a pawn move. Steve started his post by talking about point 1(I replied and explained that it is not against the fide rules because the games is not played in a real board). He also did not ignore point 2 later in the post(see "But the main thing is..." in his post) Uri
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