Some Arena GUI results faulty due to time...

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Pieterhb
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Some Arena GUI results faulty due to time...

Post by Pieterhb » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:30 am

I have noticed something very interesting. Do not know if anyone else have picked it up and/or if I am in the wrong now?

I have watched a 5 minute tournament game between two engines, which was a certain draw for that matter (King, Queen and pawn on both sides).

In the last fraction of a second the one queen took the other and then the game end in a win for that side, which accidentally ran first out of
time, but now had a queen "more" on the board and thus more material advantage. The game thus ended before the other side's King could
take the queen and thus make it a draw, with a king and pawn on both sides left...

Hope you understand what I am trying to say.

Am I missing something or did the last fraction of a second cheat the one chess enjin out of a certain draw and gave the other an illegal win?

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