Author: Kai Lübke
Date: 05:17:53 10/17/98
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On October 17, 1998 at 08:10:35, blass uri wrote: >when one side is +4 up I agree that the statistical chance is small but when the >programs don't do nothing to break up the position for >15 moves I think there >are better chances that something will happen because after many moves one >program can push a pawn or put the pieces in better places and suddenly see >something. These positions are interesting, because it's strange that neither program has any idea what to do (yet they all refuse a draw offer ;-). They are good examples on how to improve a program, I believe. >It is your tournament and you can do what you want but for me this game is >undecided with a good chance for draw. Agreed. And it happens extremely rarely - the only other 40/120 game where I ever saw this was the first game between Junior 4.6 and MChess 7 in the Championship I this year where I also stopped the game after nothing had happened for >15 moves. There have been more cases, but those were shorter time controls and "unwinnable" situations (like a KRPKR where it was obvious neither side could win, yet both insisted the KRP side was like +2 up...). --- Shep
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