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Subject: Re: Detecting three-fold repetition?

Author: Jesus de la Villa

Date: 15:15:14 07/17/00

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On July 17, 2000 at 13:40:28, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>I've had a number of requests to implement 3-fold repetition detection in TSCP.
>It's also clear that TSCP would do better in tournaments (although that isn't
>the goal...) if it could detect these draws.
>
>So the question is, is there an easy way to do the detection?
>
>In my "strong" program, I just compare hash keys. But TSCP doesn't keep hash
>keys and I have no intention for it to do so. So is there another way to do it?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>-Tom

It would be more funny if you put a random factor to return the played move,
this is with the intention to avoid deterministic play.




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