Author: Peter Berger
Date: 12:07:33 11/04/01
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On November 04, 2001 at 14:46:45, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On November 03, 2001 at 14:52:49, Uri Blass wrote: > >>Is it a draw or maybe sjeng missed a chance to win the game against tiger by >>agreeing to a draw? >> >>Sjeng - Chess Tiger 14.6 >>8/5p1p/5Kp1/3n4/8/4P1P1/1kp2P1P/5R2 w - - 0 1 > >It's hard to tell really. If the white king can eliminate all black >pawns, it's at least a draw for white. But I wasn't sure that > >a) it was really possible (Sjeng only had two captures in the PV) >b) Sjeng was actually going to do it instead of saving it's white >pawns (which scared me most) > >So I gladly took the draw. This is a matter of opinion for sure. But I think this is somehow the wrong approach. At least it would be nicer if the operator ( even if the programmer himself) could only accept or offer draw if the engine suggests to do so. IMHO the programmer should be able to do anything he wants _before_ the game starts, but then he should be the slave to his program's decisions. No offense or accuse at all - maybe a suggestion for future events ?! Nah - just some random opinion. The way it is dealt with currently is somehow similar to team events with the programmer being the team captain. But I think the task was to create an automated chessplayer able to do all the job itself once the game has started. It simply needs someone to make the moves on the board and to press the clock as it has no arms itself. The principal situation you described above could be dealt with a contempt factor for example - much nicer solution. Regards, pete
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