Author: Jaco van Tonder
Date: 00:38:18 01/08/06
Welcome back Steve I've been playing my senator module against various other computers to get a feel for the playing style of the engine, and I noticed something funny - the senator would allow a draw by threefold repetition in positions where it is clearly ahead (own evaluation of position at least 2 pawns better). Yet it would allow the other engine the draw. The first time it happened was against my Mephisto Chess Challenger. I made sure after that to press the ACL button before any comp vs comp games to reset any funny settings. But yesterday the exact same thing happened when I played it against CSTAl 2 on reduced strength (setting on 15). The position was in the endgame with both sides having a rook, but the senator being up a knight for a pawn. The position was fairly open (senator was definitely in control of the position - so no chance of an incorrect assessment of a drawn endgame position) Do you know whether this is a known bug in the senator module? Regards, Jaco
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