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Subject: Re: Also there's no way to offer Draw ...

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 10:48:39 10/29/99

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On October 29, 1999 at 12:07:30, Laurence Chen wrote:

>On October 29, 1999 at 10:23:21, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>
>>>Yes, I think it's lousy Rebel Century as a top program hasn't a resign feature
>>
>>To be clear - necessary these days - a resign feature for the player, that is.
>>
>>
>>Jeroen ;-}
>Another missing feature is the Offer Draw feature, and you cannot make any draw
>offers. Also in Engine vs. Engine, I see ridiculous things like the engine keeps
>playing on even in a dead KP-K ending. That's very ridiculous. A class engine
>like Rebel should be able to recognize drawn endgame positions instead of
>playing until it reaches a 3 move position repitition or a 50 move rule or a
>stalemate!!! That really sucks. I noticed that the resign level does not work in
>player vs engine. The engine keeps playing on no matter what resign level I set
>it to. It simply refuses to resign. This sucks too because it makes me wonder if
>the engine will learn anything if I stop the game and start a new one when the
>engine refuses to resign, and force me to play on until I mate the stupid
>machine.
>Laurence

Just set the resign level (menu CONFIG). Check the manual chapter 10.4
for details.

Ed



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