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Subject: Re: mistakes in the ssdf list

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 14:28:42 10/21/98

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On October 21, 1998 at 07:07:15, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:

>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 ...

Or those cases that the opponent doesn't care to resign.  You can't resign for
your opponent any more than you can pick up one of their pieces and move it.

bruce



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