Author: Eran
Date: 07:45:49 06/10/02
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On June 10, 2002 at 03:55:48, Russell Reagan wrote: >I'm sure this has been covered before, but I'm curious if any program can tell >right away that this position is a draw, and if not, why not? It took me but a >few minutes to create a method for determining if this position was drawn or >not. Is detecting this draw harder than I am anticipating, or is it simply a >matter that there is no need for such draw detection? > >I tried it with Fritz and it scored about 0.5 for white after 6 minutes. > >[D]4b3/4k3/2p1p1p1/1pPpPpPp/pP1P1P1P/P2K4/3B4/8 w - - 0 1 > >Russell It implies that computer chess has problem with the closed position above and thus may not detect or ignore a draw at all. Eran
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