Author: James T. Walker
Date: 13:30:46 04/09/99
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On April 09, 1999 at 16:19:33, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >When organizing an engine tournament in Fritz 5.32 sometimes games in >totally drawish positions are lost on time by one of the engines. > >It is a possibility to adjust the score manually by saving the game again, >but isn't there a way to prevent the engines to play till the end in >absolute drawish positions? > >Should I change draw contempt features for the engines who have engine >parameters? And what about the other engines? > >Thanks in advance. > >Jeroen ;-} > <snip> Hello Jeroen, You will probably get several views on this so I may as well give you mine. I play a lot of auto232 games and occasionally one program will lose on time even though the auto232 does not allow wins based on time. My view is if it loses on time according to it's own clock then it is a loss and should be scored that way. Drawn games may be agreed to by both programs and they will terminate the game upon agreement. So, programmers should teach their programs to offer/accept draws in obvious drawn positions. If they insist on trying to win then they should accept the loss on time. Jim Walker
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