Author: Jari Kylmälä
Date: 05:52:09 09/14/98
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On September 13, 1998 at 14:11:29, Serge Desmarais wrote: > > Also, that reminds me of something else about Genius which I thought at the >time was an unfair advantage. I was playing a blitz game (5 0) at home against >Genius 2, once. For the first time, after having been crushed so many times, I >managed to block the position, so the program could do about nothing to break >through. It was very simple to play, trying to repeat the position and all. And >the program was thinking quite longer than usually, trying to grip on something, >while I was only taking about 2-3 seconds to move. After a while, I had almost 3 >minutes left while Genius had LESS than 10 seconds. Than, it dropped to ZERO >seconds left, while I still had about 2:30 minutes! So, I thought I would win by >the clock (for the first time in blitz!). But NOOOOOOO... It started to play >instantly, always taking 0 seconds to move. But for me, it was not POSSIBLE to >take zero time for a move, because just moving the mouse takes 1-2 seconds. And >finally I lost by the time! That was the last time ever I played a blitz against >Genius. It is impossible for it to lose by the time! It could play HUNDREDS of >moves without taking even 1 second! Since the position was blocked for BOTH >sides, neither could break open the position. It was not possible either to >offer a draw (not implemented). > > >Serge Desmarais Genius2 hasn't 50 move draw rule? -- Jari
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