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Subject: Re: Another example :)

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:14:18 12/10/03

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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

Usually a program knows how much time it used per move and records that
in the game history.  We did this _many_ times in Cray Blitz and when I
typed "reset 31" and "display clock" we would see _exactly_ what the clock
times were at that point in the game...

• Re: Another example :) Amir Ban 14:41:49 12/10/03
  • Re: Another example :) Matthew Hull 22:29:28 12/10/03
    • Re: Another example :) Robert Hyatt 10:43:08 12/11/03
  • Re: Another example :) Robert Hyatt 15:20:48 12/10/03
    • Re: Another example :) Amir Ban 15:40:02 12/10/03
      • Re: Another example :) Robert Hyatt 15:56:58 12/10/03
        • Re: Another example :) Amir Ban 03:29:59 12/11/03
          • Re: Another example :) Robert Hyatt 06:44:32 12/11/03
    • (more) Robert Hyatt 15:26:04 12/10/03

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