Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 14:09:15 12/11/00
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I think "draw score" is a measure of how it should value a draw. If it's negative, the program will have relatively high contempt for a draw (in fact, other programs call the setting "draw contempt"). Since you set it very high, perhaps it then selected that move because it saw that it leads to a draw and, by this measure, that's a good thing. I.e., it wouldn't normally pick that move because it thinks it "only" draws, but when a draw is highly valued, this move is good for achieving that. That's my reading, anyway. -Roy. On December 11, 2000 at 16:30:11, eric guttenberg wrote: >I don't know what the "draw score" option is under advanced engine options >in the Tiger programs of Rebel 11.0. Because I don't have a clue as to what >it means, I was just going to leave it at zero and ignore it. > >But then I came across something real confusing. I found that when I set up >the famous critical position in Morphy's queen-sacrifice win against >Paulsen that with "draw score" set at 500 (whatever the heck THAT means) >Gambit-Tiger finds the winning ...Qd3xBf3 in 20 seconds. With "draw score" >set at 0, Gambit-Tiger simply does not find the move at any playing level. > >So, does anyone know what "draw score" means and how it (apparently) >affects the programs playing strength? > >eric
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