Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 12:48:05 09/02/99
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On September 01, 1999 at 21:31:35, James Robertson wrote: >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 Sometimes you'll draw or win games against other programs, even with a score of -5 or more. Mine drew against an ICC account ostensibly running Genius in a KRR vs KR (no pawns or other material), which is a clear loss. I've also had +5 games go against my program. bruce
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