Author: jonathan Baxter
Date: 21:11:00 07/14/98
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On July 13, 1998 at 14:55:32, Will Singleton wrote: > >On July 13, 1998 at 03:59:06, Peter McKenzie wrote: > >>Sudden death game in 5min playoff. KnightCap gets a crushing >>2 queens up endgame, but is now playing at 0.1 sec/move. >>Then the incredible happens - it stalemates lambchop!!! >>Gotta love those bugs :) >> > >Knightcap did something similar against Amateur a couple months back on ICC. It >was a rook up in the endgame, and put it en prise and lost. I mentioned it to >the operator, who I believe said it was an EGTB problem. Guess it wasn't fixed. >Pretty amazing. > KnightC on ICC was WimpKnight in the tournament. Its the version of KnightCap that has learnt its eval and opening book (and is somewhat different in a few other ways these days too). The bug you refer to was fixed for the tournament. Cheers, Jon Baxter > >>Sudden death game in 2min playoff. LambChop wins an entertaining >>game watched by all on the big screen. >> >>Basically the playoff was fun but pretty random and all 3 programs >>were evenly matched. >> > >You're too modest. It's a great achievement to win such a tournament, as it >proves your dedication and hard work. Congratulations! > >Will
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