Author: Mathieu Pagé
Date: 09:50:23 05/02/05
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On May 02, 2005 at 08:45:00, John Brownlee wrote: >Friends, > >Is there a convention in general use for engine tournaments concerning the use >of resignation settings? > >Some engines have bugs mating lone kings, and when they have advantage they will >usually win if lone king resigns, but if lone king refuses to resign the game >will end in a draw. (Specifically List512 and SmarThink0.17a have similar but >different bugs in mating lone kings.) > >So it comes to a question of tournament philosophy. Should the bug be "repaired" >by the tournament master by applying common resignation settings (say -900 for 5 >moves) so the engines with bugs get the win? or should tournament require all >mates to be played to completion, so that the engines with bugs are made to pay >the price by suffering a 50 moves draw against a lone king? > >What difference in rating points might be expected between the two settings? > >Thank you in advance for your interesting comments. > >Regards, >John When it is possible, always refeer to humans rules. What happen if a human player is unable to mate ? You got your answer. Mathieu P.
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