Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 12:44:47 08/24/99
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On August 24, 1999 at 08:59:01, Shep wrote: >>nonsense. I have seen Mark V using time for openings although mark v played >>out of book. mark v emulated the consideration time about book moves ! > >Is this a qualified statement? Have you talked to the Mark V programmer or are >you just guessing what was happening? All my statements are qualifying statements :-) a) I KNOW that mark v does this, i know it since 1981. b) i have spoken with david levy about this. >Hmmm, in that case, two observations: >a) If this is wrong handling of the program, it is certainly due to the manual >not stating _anything_ you're talking about here. Then the manual is incomplete >and, consequently, buggy. :-)) it looks there is some more buggy than cstal... :-)) >b) If CSTal indeed were intentionally overstepping time controls, to what TC >should the user set the time controls then? Can we be sure that 40/110 will not >overstep a 40/120 time control. YOU CAN NEVER BE SURE. as long as you are living, you can never be sure. only when you are dead, you can be sure. There is no 100% reality outthere. you only interpret reality. >Hm, Thorsten, I really wonder what would happen if I published a series of CSTal >losses where it played at 40/100 and the other programs at 40/120... Shall I >guess? ;-) I would complain. Play 40/120 if you want and if it loses, than it loses. what is your problem ? learn to lose. that is important in chess. its part of the philosophy behind. >>Nonsense. if black oversteps time and white has not seen it, black >>can mate white. if white is too stupid to look on the clock he/it is mate >>before he/it has seen it. >Can somebody with knowledge of FIDE rules clarify this? If the flag falls, it's >over, even if it's discovered later on, or am I wrong here? >(Besides, I doubt modern tournament clocks would not shout a warning in that >case.) > >--- >Shep
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