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Gary Gifford wrote on Thu, Aug 17, 2006 08:58 PM UTC:
A game of Monadchess has been agreed 'drawn.'  But, entering 'draw' or
'drawn' does not end the game as a draw.  It just continues allowing the
other player to move.  What is the way to get the game to register as a
draw?
Thank you in advance.

David Paulowich wrote on Thu, Aug 17, 2006 09:26 PM UTC:
drawn

(typed in place of my move) works for me.


🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sat, Aug 19, 2006 11:29 PM UTC:
David gave you the correct answer. There is no command that will completely
halt a game in its tracks. This allows players to take back moves when
mistakes are made or when they want to consider another line of play. But
I suppose I could program Game Courier to accept nothing but take-back
moves when a game is identified as drawn or won.

Gary Gifford wrote on Sun, Aug 20, 2006 02:02 PM UTC:
Thanks, But for some reason the draw command does not work in Monadchess. 
We have tried both  draw and drawn.  But it does not register as a drawn
game.

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sun, Aug 20, 2006 03:07 PM UTC:

The draw command will not do anything unless you have previously loaded a deck of cards with the load command. It is for drawing cards, not games. Here is why the drawn command did not work in Monadchess. Before the drawn command was used, the end command was entered. This works like the end command in BASIC. It ends the GAME Code program that Game Courier is running. Nothing else will register after this, not even other moves. For example, I moved back in this game just after the end command, entered 'e10-f10', and the King remained at e10. To draw your game, Namik will need to take back all moves after and including the end command, then use the drawn command.

BTW, the form for entering moves is no longer available in a game that has been ended with the resign, lost, won, or drawn commands. To continue such a game, you will need to bring it back to before one of these commands was used.


Gary Gifford wrote on Mon, Aug 21, 2006 01:01 AM UTC:
Fergus, thanks for that extra info.  I saw that Namik had typed 'end' but
did not realize it stopped additional commands. Best regards.

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