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Subject: Re: Extension of the UCI protocol

Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen

Date: 03:17:51 04/16/04

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Hello Fabien,


On April 16, 2004 at 05:32:17, Fabien Letouzey wrote:
>
>Hello Stefan,
>
>I thought I had understood the UCI+ specifications, but a user reported to me
>that a "bestmove 0000" was sent by Shredder.  It is true that a 50-move draw
>could be claimed in that specific case, but I was not at all expecting to
>receive a null move as "bestmove".


Oh, did Shredder really do that? :-)

This should not happen for a "normal" position. Do you have the position handy?
I assume that is was a position with no legal move left.


>Could you make a clarification about that issue (e.g. the interface must never
>send an "already-draw" position, or 0000 is an acceptable best move???)?


The proper solution would be not to send games with no move left.

Stefan



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