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Subject: Re: Gambit Tiger fails to win won game allows position to become blocked

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 08:29:27 05/02/01

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On May 02, 2001 at 02:26:08, James B. Shearer wrote:

>    I was playing a Gambit Tiger 2.0 clone on ICC a couple of days ago.  I lost
>my queen (for 2 pieces) before move 20 but Gambit Tiger failed to convert the
>win allowing the position to become totally blocked leading to a draw by the 50
>move rule at move 192.  It seems there must be problems with the evaluation
>function for blocked positions (particularly when up material).



The antihuman mode was not turned on I think.

With antihuman mode it would not have happened.



    Christophe




>    This was the position after I lost my queen.
>[D]r1b1rnk1/pp4bp/2p1p1p1/2P2p2/3PpP1Q/5P3/PP4PP/RNR3K1 w - -
>    and this was the final position
>[D]r7/1p2bk1p/p1p1p1pP/PnPr1pP1/1PKPpP2/4P3/1R1Q3R/8 b - -



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