Author: Lex Loep
Date: 03:39:40 12/14/99
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On December 14, 1999 at 04:20:09, James Robertson wrote: >On December 13, 1999 at 15:47:52, Lex Loep wrote: > >>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 >> >>Thanks for pointing this out to me, did you use the fever account ? I looked >>at my own logs and there are two games marked as draw, while in the fevers >>history they are marked as win for fever ? >> >>I thought the server did the three fold repetition, I remember to have >>seen it sometimes. >> >>Lex > >I have won games on time where the opponent in an obviously superior position >opted for a 3-rep draw. > >But unless a draw is called, the position can repeat 300 times and if one side >runs out of time the other still wins. > >James Thanks to all, I will fix it shortly. Now is your chance to score some points but hurry up :) Lex
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