Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:24:57 04/09/03
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On April 09, 2003 at 09:18:37, Pat King wrote: >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 No Most program use no contempt in analyze mode and the poster did not talk about scores of +0.15 that are normal contempt factor but about scores of winning for white. Uri
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