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Subject: Re: Junior 7 endgame blunder !

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 14:30:20 01/23/02

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On January 22, 2002 at 19:53:13, David Hanley wrote:

>Interesting.
>
>I think the program here is assuming all draws are the same.
>
>Any human would just assume that 2 connected passers versus a bishop is worth
>going into.  Even though it's a draw too, it's a "better draw" than bishop + rp
>vs nothing.
>
>Has anyone toyed with algorithms that try to maximize the potential for the
>other player to go wrong?
>
>dave

I know that Crafty does/did have a "Swindle" mode which tried to win drawn games
or tried to draw lost games.
Jim



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