On Mar 23, 9:25 am, Guy Macon http://www.guymacon.com/ wrote:

You would have to factor in ratings.
If a game between two 1500-rated players
is adjudicated as a win using a line that
only a 2500-rated chess computer can find,
that wouldn't be fair. But if you factor
in ratings, what of the player who is
playing his first rated game?


It is not necessary to try and predict the
actual result of continuing a game between
two duffers; all that is required would be to
implement an adjudication process which
is fair to both sides; in that sense, a
computer is perfect for the job.

But David Richerby already gave two
alternatives which allow for a fixed starting
time for the next round, so if we don't want
adjudications, we don't really need them.


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