On Apr 12, 4:48 pm, Bjoern <bjo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > I saw your game where Beginner beat you after a very difficult match.
>
> No, it didn't beat me. It just declared the game won for itself for no
> reason (except for being up on material). Looking at the game score it
> clearly did not know how to win.
> No, it does not win, it cheats and doesn't follow the rules.
I played over that game and I believe there may
well have been several repetitions of position; I
was surprised when the GetClub program finally
varied and went on to actually make headway.
At the end, there was no explanation of the
result-- did Bjoem resign (or did the program
detect a mate-in-twenty and forfeit him)? My
guess is he got fed up after it repeated the
same position over and over, and clicked the
"resigns" button several moves later when it
became apparent that the program *did* know
how to win; it was in fact forcing his King to
the edge of the board, and using all of its men
for the final assault (how odd!).
The GetClub program did work more-or-less
correctly in two recent draws against me; but
for all we know, it may have only done so
because it thought it was "saving" an inferior
position by granting the draw. When ahead
in material, the program seems far more
reluctant to work properly in granting draws.
I have "resigned" many of these, in order to
just be able to play more games and not be
stuck in repetition-hell for all eternity.
In another recent game, I noticed that it still
moves its own King into check on the final
move, rather than try and delay checkmate
as long as possible like most programs.
But there definitely seems to be a big
improvement in its strength of play. I will
from now on be looking to trade the Queens
off, to avoid getting "thumped" the way I was
in the recent game where I saw no significant
problem, but in fact walked into a very neat
mating net. Yowie-- I was actually outplayed
by the GetClub program?!!! LOL
-- help bot
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