Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:04:46 09/15/98
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On September 14, 1998 at 18:00:26, Serge Desmarais wrote:
>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
I think he was not talking about the 3 repetitions rules, but about the 50 moves
rules (after 50 moves without a capture, the game is draw).
Christophe
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