Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 03:51:52 11/03/05
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On November 03, 2005 at 03:18:40, Mark Mason wrote: >Plesae make allowances if this is a well acknowledged observation, but I am >relatively new to Comp chess and so have jst experienced it. > >In some of my engine to engine games (5 min blitz) on playchess server - we >get to an ending and because my engine can "see" dozens of moves ahead accessing >the EGTBs that I am drawn (or even lost) it will offer a draw or resignation >straight away. > >In several cases, my opponent is clearly not using EGTB's and is calculating >each move. He has had only a few seconds left and I have lots of time, but >because I am using EGTBs I offer draw or resignation - but he would obviously >have lost on time had we continued !! > >In these cases, it seems to me that there is a risk that if you are using EGTBs >and opponent is not, you lose or deaw games that could otherwise have been won. >It made me wonder if using then for blitz play is actually worth the gain, when >measured against the risk I have described. > >I know that it is not all about winning and ELO, but I found this an interesting >observation and wouldwelcome other views/experiences. > >Mark you can turn off resignation and draw offers in the GUI. Joachim
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