Offering draw based on time
TheYoBots opened this issue · 3 comments
Imagine it's a fast game say 1/2+0 and Bot A has 15 seconds on the clock and Bot B has only 2 seconds. Maybe in such cases the Bot A could win the game instead of a draw.
These 2 conditions could be checked before offering a draw:
- Time difference option: don't offer draw is time difference is less than x seconds.
- Opponent time: don't offer draw if opponent has less that x seconds in the clock left.
For time difference, shouldn't the condition be don't offer draw if the time difference is more than x seconds? If one player has a lot more time than their opponent, they won't want to offer a draw in hopes of winning on time.
Part of the difficulty here is that the settings for shorter games don't make sense for longer games. In a thirty minute game, a draw offer should still be allowed if one player has 60 more seconds on their clock than their opponent.
Defining these times in terms of percentages of clock time makes more sense, but I doubt the correct percentage is constant across all game clocks.
Plus, increment time makes this feature even less well-defined. In a 1/2+5 game, both players (bots, especially) will always have plenty of time to move, so draw offers should be allowed.
This is an interesting idea, but I can't think of how to implement it so that it would be useful for all time controls. If you or anyone comes up with ideas, feel free to reopen this issue.