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Subject: Re: Draw by 2nd repetition?

Author: Andrew Dados

Date: 10:25:23 03/31/99

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On March 31, 1999 at 12:08:49, James Robertson wrote:

>I have noticed from a post below that some people consider the position a draw
>if it has repeated twice in the search. What are the advantages and
>disadvantages of this? I am currently waiting until 3rd repetition; is this
>worse?
>
>Thanks,
>James

   I am using 'mixed approach': move at root has to repeat position for third
time to get a 'draw' score; in search 2 times suffice.
  Andrew



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