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Subject: Re: Terrible Endgame BUG! In Ruffian2.0 and Ruffian leiden

Author: Matthew White

Date: 10:48:22 01/26/04

On January 26, 2004 at 11:28:38, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 26, 2004 at 09:57:51, robert flesher wrote:
>
>>Ruffian plays NF8?? when Nf6 holds to draw?
>>[D] 1k6/1P5n/2K1B3/8/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 84
>
>I do not think that it is a bug.
>It is probably a design decision of the programmer to use null move pruning even
>in simple endgames.
>
>Uri
Wouldn't you consider using a pruning heuristic that HARMS play in these cases
instead of helping it a bug?

Re: Terrible Endgame BUG! In Ruffian2.0 and Ruffian leiden Robert Hyatt 12:13:31 01/26/04
- Ok ...i argue... BAD DECISION! :) seems the darkhorse has some problems! robert flesher 13:08:06 01/26/04
  - Re: Ok ...i argue... BAD DECISION! :) seems the darkhorse has some probl Robert Hyatt 19:02:23 01/26/04
    - Thanks for the great explanation..its nice to have an expert on site :) robert flesher 19:31:52 01/26/04
      - Re: Thanks for the great explanation..its nice to have an expert on site Robert Hyatt 20:39:43 01/26/04
        
        Re: Thanks for the great explanation..its nice to have an expert on site Tord Romstad 11:54:06 01/27/04
        
        Re: Thanks for the great explanation..its nice to have an expert on site Robert Hyatt 18:39:34 01/27/04
        
        Re: Thanks for the great explanation..its nice to have an expert on site Mike Byrne 20:01:46 01/28/04
        
        Re: Thanks for the great explanation..its nice to have an expert on site Russell Reagan 11:54:57 01/28/04
        
        Re: Thanks for the great explanation..its nice to have an expert on site Tord Romstad 15:09:24 01/28/04

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