Author: Uri Blass
Date: 06:41:49 12/10/03
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On December 10, 2003 at 09:34:49, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >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 I see no problem because it is also possible to change times in the machanical clock so you stop the clocks and add time to both programs based on the times that the programs used for the moves you took back and the estimated operator time. Uri
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