Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:52:11 12/09/03
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On December 09, 2003 at 14:32:03, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 09, 2003 at 10:50:23, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>>The operator reasoned: neither engine understands this is (claimable >>>as) a draw, so why should it be a draw? >> >>I disagree, one engine here showed by a draw score that it understood it was >>draw, it even played the right moves and the GUI claimed the draw. >>From what I can tell the whole thing worked as designed for Jonny. > >The engine did not understand it was a draw. It scored 0 because it saw >the position was repeated(*), but this is NOT the same as a draw. > >If Sjeng shows 0.00 in a losing position against you, can I claim >a draw? Dont think so. > >(*) any number of times > >-- >GCP No, but if your program pops up "this is a 3-fold repetition" you certainly should get the draw if the claim is verified by the real game history. Engine scores are meaningless. On a chess server I have a dynamic draw score that changes based on the rating of my opponent, how much time he has left, etc.
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