Author: Omid David
Date: 08:32:51 10/04/02
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On October 04, 2002 at 11:21:26, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 04, 2002 at 10:41:14, Daniel Clausen wrote: > >>On October 04, 2002 at 10:37:56, Joachim Rang wrote: >> >>>On October 04, 2002 at 10:34:43, Omid David wrote: >>> >>>>Just today we had a discussion regarding the importance of blockade draw >>>>detections http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?255950 >>>> >>>>Had Fritz implemented such a scheme, it wouldn't have stepped into the drawing >>>>variation. >>>> >>>>My engine instantly announced draw based on its blocked-draw detection >>>>heuristic. While Fritz never realized the draw... >>>> >>>>Omid. >>> >>>so much to the thesis: "This never happens in real games..." >> >>Maybe if you add "in comp-comp games" that would even be true. In human-comp >>games it's obviously one of the anti-comp strategies, at least if you play for a >>draw. >> >>Sargon > >I do not think that they never happen in comp-comp games. > >I also think that they can happen more in comp-comp games if one program has the >knolwedge. Assume one engine has the knowledge, while its opponent doesn't. Then it's quite possible that it intentionally enters such a blockade-draw and thus saves a lost game. Omid. > >Uri
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