Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:32:40 08/12/99
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On August 12, 1999 at 06:08:00, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On August 11, 1999 at 15:56:20, Michel Langeveld wrote: > >>Great information but I think nobody reacts because this info is too hot >>for this moment. As I global read your concept it seems to me some things can be >>optimized a little more with a some MORE thinking. >> >>I have 1 remark: if you don't store mate in more than 50 or less than 50 this >>means you might give away a point of you 're playing against another computer >>with no tablebase or a human. > >I thought long about that yeah. > a) it's easier to implement, that's why i have DTC right now > b) above argument can be countered as: > you will draw important games and a mistake i see at > icc a lot is that a program doesn't CARE to what EGTB endgame > he exchanges. So if it's *possible* to get to KNN KP then > it'll do it. Even if it's a mate in 221 > and in chess it's not smart to assume they will make a big mistake > after which a mate in 221 becomes mate in 20. > > For example i've seen a lot of computers blow KBR KR, but personally > i would not blow it, and i'm just 2275. Yeah in blitz perhaps, but > blitz is not my designpoint. > I'd bet you would blow it pretty often, because a bunch of those are nothing more than draws anyway. > >>Keep doing the good work and in a few days you will get support! > > > >>Regards, >> >>Michel Langeveld
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