Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:34:49 01/10/02
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On January 10, 2002 at 16:23:59, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 10, 2002 at 15:30:20, Dieter Buerssner wrote: > >>On January 10, 2002 at 10:17:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>[...]Of course, there _will_ be those >>>positions that it thinks it is winning, but it will end up drawing due to the >>>50 move rule. But so far they have been _very_ rare. Against humans, and that >>>is the primary kind of chess I am interested in, this is not nearly such an >>>issue. Against another computer with tables, both will be wrong as one will >>>think it is winning, the other will think it is losing, when in fact it is a >>>draw... >> >>And the other computer, equipped with the same TBs and the same misfeature, will >>possibly have resigned long before it is seen, that the mate score is wrong with >>current chess rules ... >> >>-- Dieter > >This problem is easy to fix. > >tell it never to resign in comp-comp games. >It is good not only because of this reason. > >The other program may have a bug and miss mate in 1. > >Uri Another possible solution is to tell it never to resign based only on mate score. The other program may not have the right tablebases and this case is more practical than the case of draw by the 50 move rule. The static score of the position on the board without tablebases should be also a convincing score of a big advantage. Uri
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