On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:05 AM, Nick Wedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I first came across microcomputers, in 1981, there was a chess program > that ran on them. It played so badly that even I could beat it; so I looked > for other challenges, such as to stalemate it. I was surprised by its > behaviour when stalemated, which I assume was caused by its being programmed > to make the best move it could manage, where being legal was an overriding, > but not essential, feature of "best move". When it was stalemated, it > couldn't find a legal move, so it would make the best illegal move it could > find. This was typically to pick up my queen, change its colour, and > capture my rook with it.
Now there's a feature that would make a tournament interesting... cheers stuart _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
