Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:39:29 04/03/00
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On April 03, 2000 at 07:35:44, guy haworth wrote: > >An interesting situation! > >On the one hand, if you assume that your opponent is infallible (e.g. HAS the >EGT), you will want to avoid the EGT situation. > >On the other hand, if you assume that your opponent might be fallible (i.e. does >not have the EGT) you could go - as you did with the hard-to-win 'EGT' situation >in preference to the other. > >If an 'infallible opponent' would also win the non-EGT situation, maybe it is a >'no brainer' situation but certainly one where you have to override the >computer's automatic avoidance of lost EGT-positions. > >Guy H It isn't a "tablebase problem". How many times have you seen a computer go toward a longer mate, but one that is easier for a human to see? The search assumes optimal play by both sides... tablebase or long forced mate...
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