Author: Lin Harper
Date: 01:48:15 12/05/00
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When two chess programs play a single game, the losing program
'knows' it's losing. If it's been programmed right, it should take
steps to play defensively and hold the draw, including offering
draws. But when the same two programs play a match of, say, twenty
games, and one is trailing by two games, it has no way of knowing
it's losing the match, or even playing a match, for that matter.
I was just wondering if programmers, at least the smart ones, have
a way of setting their program for a 'match', of x number of games.
In this way, the program, if it's winning the match, would favor
drawing lines, and if it's losing the match, would adjust it's
opening lines, and favor sharp positions, in the hope that this
would increase it's chances of catching up.
Just a thought for now. In the future, chess matches between programs
will have substantial money riding on them, and these things will have
to be considered.
Lin
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