Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 12:11:57 11/12/99
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On November 12, 1999 at 13:56:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 12, 1999 at 11:54:13, Wayne Lowrance wrote: > >>First blush observation: Program very, very strong. >> >>Problem: (not for everyone however). I do not like the auto draw on 3 rep. can >>this be overridden or modified ? > >Not sure what you mean. It will claim the draw if it sees three repetitions of >the same position. Not doing that would be somewhat similar to changing the >base rules of the game to say that pawns can only promote to rooks, or whatever. > >I don't know of a way to make it not do this without modifying search.c and >simply taking out the call to RepetitionCheck()... Thanks 4 quick response. I worded the post poorly. The draw by 3 rep is correct implementation. However I would like to have the capability to continue the game even though the game is by rules over. All the commercial programs can override the three rep rule by option and continue on playing with a new variation if so desired. If I do the above change to search.c it will remove the rep check all togethar which is just fine with me since of course I will be aware of the draw possibility ahead of time and prior to executing the possibility of rep-3. Will there be any migrated problems associate with the search.c change ? Its my quirk Bob and in no way imply I imply this to be correct imlementation of your program. In somewhat in this same vain your program permits the game to continue even tho the clock has expired, which I like (at least I Know it does for the opponents clock (Crafty's clock has not expired on the dozen games I have played, so I do not know what Crafty will do in that event. I hope it continues to play ! Again a convience, not a rule of chess. Wayne
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