Author: Serge Desmarais
Date: 15:00:26 09/14/98
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On September 14, 1998 at 08:52:09, Jari Kylmälä wrote: >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 Yes it does, but trust me it can avoid repetitions ad infinitum! Move all the pieces wih king on h1, then on h2, then on g2, f2, f1 etc... (Knights on several different squares, same thing with the bishops, queen, rooks, ad nauseam!) Serge Desmarais
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