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Subject: Re: When do chessbase engines resign?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 07:06:27 08/10/00

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On August 10, 2000 at 09:57:15, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:

>On August 10, 2000 at 09:51:16, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>The same engine can sometimes resign in engine-engine games inspite of not
>>seeing a forced mate and sometimes continue and not resign inspite of seeing a
>>forced mate in engine-engine games.
>>
>>Can somebody tell me what are the rules that engines follow when they decide to
>>resign?
>>
>>Uri
>
>It is not the engine which resigns but the GUI.
>In the GUI, you can adjust "early", "late" or "never" resign, whatever that
>means.
>I think that I have observed when both engines agree in reporting a large value
>for the score for the last couple of moves, the the GUI makes its decision.
>
>I guess that only Mathias Feist knows the exact criteria.
>
>Uli

I did not tell it nothing under hiarcs7.32 GUI and
I found that in part of the cases the engines contimue till mate and in part of
the cases resign before seeing evaluation of mate.

Uri




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