Author: Pat King
Date: 04:11:15 04/10/03
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On April 09, 2003 at 10:24:57, Uri Blass wrote: >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 Good point. My program doesn't yet make this distinction. >and the poster did not talk about >scores of +0.15 that are normal contempt factor but about scores of winning for >white. So small? I've been using much larger, >1 pawn. Perhaps I'm missing something on how contempt is supposed to work. > >Uri Pat
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