Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 09:21:25 01/20/02
I saw in CCT4 that some programs have been agreeing to draws and I'm curious how most people handle this. I was thinking that if I was offered a draw I would add a "move" to my legal move list with an evaluation of 0.0 and if that turned out to be the best move, then I would "make" that "move" (basically accepting the draw). I began to think about this, and if a strong program like Fritz, Junior, ChessTiger, etc. used a method like this, then an oponent could play an opening where the evaluation for that strong program would momentarily go below 0.0 as white or slightly above 0.0 as black, at which point you could offer a draw and it would accept, and in an even like CCT4 or at the WC's you could score an easy draw against a program that you're almost sure would beat your program. Obviously this method of offering and accepting draws isn't going to work, so how do most people handle this? Russell
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