Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:08:29 06/29/02
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On June 28, 2002 at 20:39:53, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On June 28, 2002 at 20:14:47, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>CP interface - Tiger forfeits on time - was it a blip? or did it just giveup
>>after being up in the game by +1 and seeing it go to Crafty favor +1. This is
>>the only instance where I had a game like this (40 moves/2 hours) and Tiger
>>loses on time. Crafty did do an incredible job of predicting the moves in this
>>game and was far ahead on time.
>
>Sometimes on a big fail low, programs will lose on time. Perhaps (for instance)
>a deep search showed that the program was about to drop a queen or something
>very drastic. When that happens, the computer will search desperately for an
>alternative move. It stands to reason that since the program is going to lose
>anyway unless it finds an alternative it may as well search until it finds
>something better or loses on time. Perhaps that is the case here (I have not
>analyzed the final position).
It should not happen to Tiger. It should play just before losing on time. It
will keep on playing even in a desperate position instead of losing immediately.
This animal never gives up! :)
I guess something else went wrong.
Christophe
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