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Subject: Re: My algorithm for KBN vs. K

Author: Alessandro Scotti

Date: 16:59:48 09/05/04

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On September 05, 2004 at 18:27:55, David Dahlem wrote:

>Does this help your engine when it plays the losing side of KBNK endgames? I
>think it's equally important to avoid the mate if possible. :-)

Well the score grows as the winning side gets closer to mate, so the goal of the
losing side is to minimize it, thus getting farther from losing the game. Isn't
this the essence of the minimax concept?



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