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Another case where “the winning move is not to play.”
by maxander 9y ago
Another case where “the winning move is not to play.”
- gkilmain 9y agoI have a friend who I play chess against and every time he's about to lose he offers me a draw. And will continue offering me a draw until I win. Not happy to see the AI performing like that bitch MukyMuky.
- notahacker 9y agoIn repeat games your friend's strategy might actually be counterproductive, assuming he's playing against people that are rational enough to figure out that he always starts offering a draw round about the time he expects to lose, but not so good at chess that they sometimes don't sometimes miss opportunities for a quick checkmate... I'd be disappointed if an AI chess computer invariably let me know that I had a better path to winning the game than it did.
- gkilmain 9y agoThat is exactly what happened. He played a friend of mine whose much lower rated. Eventually the lower rated player found himself in winning position but when the draw was offered he assumed he must be missing something and accepted it. So it worked once.
- gowld 9y agoDoes that cause an interruption while you are playing? Do you play on chess.com? That seems to attract unsporting players. https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/request-for-disabling-repeated-draw-offer https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/request-for-disabli...
- gkilmain 9y agoYes, it is on chess.com