Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 11:38:36 01/20/02
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On January 20, 2002 at 14:25:18, David Rasmussen wrote: >On January 20, 2002 at 12:21:25, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>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 > >One word: Content Factor > >(Actually that's two, but who's counting...) Don't you mean "Contempt factor"? The other one is determined by wins and losses, I think :-). Regards, Mogens
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