Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 06:34:49 12/10/03
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On December 10, 2003 at 09:31:37, Bob Durrett wrote: >On December 10, 2003 at 09:23:38, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On December 10, 2003 at 09:19:15, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>Who set up such a rule? The rules I have always used for computer chess >>>simply say that backing up, correcting the error, and playing on from there >>>is the _right_ decision. Why would a speed chess tournament suddenly make >>>operator errors fatal??? >>> >>>If it is true, it is about the lousiest rule I have heard of... >> >>Time is critical in the blitz games, and how are you going to >>'correct' the time Junior lost because of my mistake? >> >>-- >>GCP > >That is simply a programming challenge. Surely some programmer could figure >out a way to take care of this. : ) Programming challenge? The clock is mechanical! We're not talking about an automated event here - it would _obviously_ work differently then. -- GCP
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