Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:09:40 10/09/98
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On October 09, 1998 at 11:44:18, blass uri wrote: >There are fortress positions that no computer(including crafty) can understand >If crafty is going to one of these positions not because of understanding that >it is a draw but because it sees that every possible move is losing more it can >do a mistake and resign in a draw position. > >Uri You probably misunderstand "why" it resigns. Remember that I play *hundreds* of games vs GM players on the servers. And "they" expect a certain degree of respect. IE I can't think of a single GM that will blunder a pawn against crafty and not instantly resign... unless it is a bullet game and they think they have a chance for tactical tricks. But most resign on the spot. Should Crafty continue to play on in a game where it is a piece down, or a rook down, or even a queen down, it can be taken as offensive. And I'd rather resign in an occasionally drawn position, and keep the GM players coming back for more, than to make them play a KQQR vs KR ending to mate and possibly insult them driving them away. In normal games, like at the WMCCC events, this is simply turned off by adding "resign=0" to the .craftyrc file, which everyone can do. I even recognize IM and GM players by name (inside crafty) and alter the resign threshold, to "treat them with respect" so they keep coming back (which helps me debug of course)...
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