Author: James Robertson
Date: 18:31:35 09/01/99
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On September 01, 1999 at 12:41:41, Alan Grotier wrote: > > >At what negative evaluation figure is it reasonable to assume that a chess >program can nolonger defend the position and will lose the game? > >Alan It is never too late for a program to save a game. My program once played a >2000 human at 15 0, and before long was more than a queen down, with its (white) king at a7. Miraculously, the human's position started detiorating and eventually (I guess out of frustration) he lost when he missed an amazing mate trap!! Moral: never resign if you don't worry about making people mad, and want to increase your rating that extra .1 points. In engine-engine tests, major upsets like this are so rare that I resign fairly early to make sure that I can get a lot of games in a reasonable amount of time. James
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