Author: James T. Walker
Date: 12:38:45 12/21/99
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On December 21, 1999 at 14:54:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 21, 1999 at 14:18:05, Mike S. wrote: > >>This game is really horrible. I support what you say. Maybe programmers could >>define a condition like "If no advancement (evaluation increase) is made for ten >>moves, so accept a draw offer". The problem can also occur when a position is >>theoretically won by the side which has a material advantage (which the computer >>has and won't ever accept a draw therefore), but the computer can't find a >>method to win. >> >>Btw., has anybody ever got a draw offer from a program? I haven't. I would like >>to see this also. >> >>Regards, >>M.Scheidl > > >If you watch crafty play on ICC you will see it happen all the time. If you >play it on your own machine it will also offer draws.... > >and accept them when it is reasonable to do so. I assume you are talking about "The Crafty" and not Crafty Clones. My experience with Crafty is that it continues to play for a "Swindle" when the tablebases tell it the game is a draw. Crafty has other annoying habits like resigning at "Mate in 1" when it has been seeing mate for about 15 moves via the tablebases. Jim Walker
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