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Subject: Re: 50 move rule applied to computer tournaments.

Author: James Swafford

Date: 19:42:19 02/04/00

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On February 04, 2000 at 21:25:07, Marc Plum wrote:

>
>It seems to me that a sensible special rule for computer tournaments would be to
>extend the 50 move rule for any position where a program's tablebases showed a
>clear win.  The reason for the 50 move rule is most likely to keep a player from
>torturing his opponent endlessly in a drawn positions.  Ideally, however, this
>should not affect the outcome of a provably winning position.
>

I've never thought about this, Marc, but I completely agree.



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