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Subject: Re: Chesspartner on FICS: 3 time rep bug

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:51:47 12/13/99

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On December 13, 1999 at 15:21:47, James B. Shearer wrote:

>       I won two games on time vrs Chesspartner on FICS yesterday because of
>some sort of bug in the three time rep code.  In both cases, in positions which
>either were or were about to be three time reps, Chesspartner simply stopped
>moving and eventually lost on time.
>       I believe you have to request a three time rep draw, it is not
>automatically granted by the server.
>                          James B. Shearer


Correct.  You just send "draw" and if it was a three-fold repetition the
server will stop the game...



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