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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