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Subject: Re: mistakes in the ssdf list

Author: Ernst A. Heinz

Date: 04:07:15 10/21/98

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On October 21, 1998 at 05:17:17, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:
>
>in Shredder there is an option to quit a game in the autoplayer if the game is
>decided, which means that Shredder's last score was either below -7.0 or above
>+7.0 pawn units. So Shredder can also claim a win :-) I know that this is not
>perfectly fine, but it helps to reduce testing time and I think 7 pawns ahead
>should be enough.

Yes, 7 Pawns advantage should be enough -- except for those cases were
extremely deep threats (e.g. mate, perpetual check etc.) loom that current
chess programs are not able to understand ...

=Ernst=



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