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Subject: Re: small WB bug

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:47:52 09/30/99

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On September 30, 1999 at 18:30:04, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote:

>engine-engine match. If say black has no time left but white no material
>winboard will still give 1-0 as result. Need to be carefull in automated
>matches.
>
>Regards,
>
>Tec


The problem is not in winboard I don't think.  The 'engines' tell winboard
when a game ends, by sending it the 'result' command.  Of course, an engine
can "lie" and if it tells winboard it won, winboard is happy with that, even
if it is false. :)



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