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Subject: Re: Very odd play here.. Is this a Bug?

Author: chandler yergin

Date: 08:18:47 04/24/05

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On April 24, 2005 at 06:11:49, Uri Blass wrote:

>On April 24, 2005 at 05:03:07, chandler yergin wrote:
>
>>On April 24, 2005 at 00:42:56, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On April 23, 2005 at 12:13:53, chandler yergin wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 23, 2005 at 11:25:20, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>Hmmm ok  Typical computer thinking.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The human sees the draw instantly; the White King goes to h1, and Black's Bishop
>>>>>>is the wrong color.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks for the input.
>>>>>
>>>>>I suspect it would be really easy to make the programs see a draw instantly too,
>>>>>but what's the point, sometimes humans and even programs will make mistakes in
>>>>>such positions.
>>>>
>>>>What's the point?  Kidding right?
>>>>
>>>>The Programs are touted to play Grandmaster Level Chess or better...
>>>>
>>>>That's the Point.
>>>
>>>The move is not a mistake so I do not see why that move prevent the program to
>>>play at GM level.
>>
>>The move may not be a mistake for that Program.
>>I would like to know if it is true for other Engines, which if so,
>>would indicate it is a programmed thing, and really represents Computer
>>thinking, as compared to humans.
>>
>>Please try it on your Engine and let us know?
>>Thanks,
>> Chan
>
>Only engines with knowledge may avoid capturing the bishop.
>
>The point is that engines without knowledge do not evaluate capturing the bishop
>as a draw and prefer it as a better move when engines that evaluate both
>capturing the bishop and not capturing the bishop as a draw have no reason to
>prefer capturing the bishop.
>
>It is not a bug.
>
>Uri
  Thank you!



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