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Yes, and even a genuinely (with perfect play) losing position can win if it sharp enough and causes your opponent to make a mistake! There's also just the relat
by HarHarVeryFunny 2y ago
Yes, and even a genuinely (with perfect play) losing position can win if it sharp enough and causes your opponent to make a mistake! There's also just the relative strength of one branch vs another - have to prune some if there are too many.
I was just trying to give the flavor of it.
- eru 2y ago> [E]ven a genuinely (with perfect play) losing position can win if it sharp enough and causes your opponent to make a mistake! Chess engines typically assume that the opponent plays to the best of their abilities, don't they?
- nullc 2y agoImagine that there was some non-constructive proof that white would always win in perfect play. Would a well constructed chess engine always resign as black? :P
- eru 2y ago> Would a well constructed chess engine always resign as black? Depends on what you mean by well-constructed?
- slyall 2y agoThe Contempt Factor is used by engines sometimes. "The Contempt Factor reflects the estimated superiority/inferiority of the program over its opponent. The Contempt factor is assigned as draw score to avoid (early) draws against apparently weaker opponents, or to prefer draws versus stronger opponents otherwise." https://www.chessprogramming.org/Contempt_Factor https://www.chessprogramming.org/Contempt_Factor
- eru 2y agoHence my weasel wording of 'typically'.