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Subject: Re: perpetual check

Author: Pat King

Date: 06:18:37 04/09/03

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On April 08, 2003 at 19:30:24, Robin Smith wrote:

>The following position is a rather trivial (for a human) perpetual check.  Why
>does it take some programs so long to see it?

Most programs use some kind of "contempt" score for draws, so in a materially
balanced position, they will reject draw scores, so as to provide active play.
In a position like this, they will keep playing to win, having no means to
"realize" the truth. Since this logic doesn't cause losses, there is no reason
for programmers to spend time making programs smarter in this respect.

>Robin

Pat

• Re: perpetual check Uri Blass 07:24:57 04/09/03
  • Re: perpetual check Pat King 04:11:15 04/10/03
    • Re: perpetual check Uri Blass 04:51:05 04/10/03
      • Re: perpetual check Pat King 18:37:54 04/14/03
  • Re: perpetual check Robin Smith 17:56:11 04/09/03

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