Author: Tina Long
Date: 19:56:44 06/04/99
Go up one level in this thread
On June 04, 1999 at 04:23:10, blass uri wrote: >suppose that there is a program with the name drawer. > >This program can always find the best move but it has only one bug. >If the opponent offers a draw then drawer except. > >Suppose humans know about this bug. >What is the rating of drawer against humans? > >If drawer play against kasparov it will do draws in all the games and have a >very high rating. I can't see that Kasparov would offer "Drawer" a draw for every game. Wouldn't he beat it? > >If drawer plays against 1400 players then it will have rating of 1400. > >If drawer plays against computers then it may win program A 20:0 and do a draw >against a weaker program B because B offers the opponent a draw when the >opponent has an advantage and A does not do it because the programmer think that >it is insulting to offer the opponent a draw when the opponent has an advantage. The likelyhood of this situation is remote. The draw offering is hypothetical, and the draw accepting is a bug that will serve to reduce "Drawer's" rating. Drawers programmer needs to remove this bug before all the other programmers catch on & instruct there programmes to offer draws in losing positions in comp v comp games. >The customer may think after seeing the results of A against drawer and B >against drawer(without the games) that B is better than A when it is clear that >A is better than B against humans and also against computers without the bug of >drawer. > >Uri As in life the RUDE programme does better because of it's rudeness (offering draw from losing position). Being polite and standing back won't get you very far. Just ask the "pirates", they know who's got the most. Hi guys, Tina Long
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.