Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:48:49 12/21/99
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On December 21, 1999 at 15:38:45, James T. Walker wrote: >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 What is annoying to you is just sound chess. It has been in _plenty_ of drawn krp vs kr endings where the kr side made a mistake and lost. No reason to offer a draw until the opponent draws the game. It has been in several mate-in-N positions where the opponent couldn't mate (one was knn vs kp where it had the kp). Why resign? Make your opponent win. Remember Kasparov vs Deep Blue round 2?
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