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Subject: Re: How long does it take your program to find this simple mate in 4?

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 22:13:59 02/08/00

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On February 09, 2000 at 00:49:07, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On February 09, 2000 at 00:31:28, Peter W. Gillgasch wrote:
>[snip]
>>In any case you should look into this for obvious reasons...
>
>I'm not sure that it bears too much inspection.  Certainly it should be checked
>and if it can be improved, then it should be improved.  However...
>
>1.  The correct move was found in 1.6 seconds.  When the time limit expired for
>that move it would certainly make the correct choice.  (I had it set on 16:40).
>
>2.  The version with this defect just won a major contest, so it may not be all
>that serious.  In fact, maybe the other programs should strive for that
>behavior.  Or not -- who knows...

No, it can be a major problem.  This kind of thing locks your program into
stasis.  I've seen Crafty do it in other positions too.

Dave



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