Author: James Robertson
Date: 09:55:16 10/03/99
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On October 03, 1999 at 11:52:43, Howard Exner wrote: >On October 03, 1999 at 09:17:38, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: > >>The game against Hoffmann should _of course_ be counted. Say what happens if I >>play a game with a cold in a tourniament ? > > >This is not quite the analogy that comes to mind. A computer that shorts out, or >has a power failer is more like a person having a total stroke or blackout >during the game - or maybe having someone bonk you over the head causing an >unconscious state. > >Or course if you are concerned about the game score then of course even >someone dying at the chess table will not matter. But in the GM challenge >the point is seeing how a computer program plays vs a human. Otherwise we may >find ourselves with a rash of posts, "I beat Crafty in 10 moves!" When asked >by the enquiring minds here on CCC, "How did you do that?", you could >simply reply, "The power went out in my house, it refused to move so it >lost on time! Yipee my rating just shot up!" This Crafty analogy is bad because it is not a formal match. Rebel - Hoffman was very formal. About dying at the chess table, I recall a true story about a GM who had a totally lost game against another GM, but refused to resign, saying that you never know what might happen. The game was adjourned, and guess what: the winning GM died of a heart attack that night, failed to show up in the morning to finish the game, and forfeited. James > >>Will the game be ignored if I loose ? >>The same applies to computers. If the hardware isn't stable ... bad luck.
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