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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:28:09 05/02/01

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On May 02, 2001 at 11:29:27, Christophe Theron wrote:

>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.
>
>


Why is this considered "anti-human"?  IE do you want to draw such positions
when playing a computer, but not a human???  I run with my anti-blocked-position
code _always_ enabled...








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