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Subject: Re: No chess program understands this position

Author: Omid David

Date: 04:37:28 08/30/02

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On August 30, 2002 at 07:23:54, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On August 30, 2002 at 06:10:41, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On August 30, 2002 at 02:42:59, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>On August 29, 2002 at 17:28:12, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>
>>>>Which program knows that this is a draw=
>>>>
>>>>[D]8/8/8/p5k1/K5P1/7P/8/4b3 w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>I have checked more than 20 programs, but no one was able to recognize that this
>>>is a draw.
>>>
>>>Kurt
>>
>>Saying no chess program is wrong because David Omid's second chess program(not
>>genesis) can see the draw in ply 1 based on his post in the winboard forum.
>
>I would appreciate seeing the main variation at ply 2 upwards!
>Kurt

Draw is detected based on knowledge, not search. The PV derived from search,
will look like every other program.



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