Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:51:33 05/17/01
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On May 17, 2001 at 01:27:04, Alex Boby wrote: >On May 16, 2001 at 19:48:49, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>The 50-move rule is a cause of interesting chess program bugs, like for instance >>some programs might not recognize mate on the 50th move. >> >>bruce > >that's an interesting point. i didn't see the 'unless mate is delivered on the >50th move.' in the rule book though. My engine checks for mate before draw's >though so I think i'll be fine... > >Alex A decent way to check this is at the next ply. If you find a legal move, and the 50-move counter is set appropriately, return a draw score. bruce
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