Well, in the situation everything was
optional: optional duoble, optional resign ...
The only strange thing is that the resign
is not checked before the cube decision:
if it was the case, gnubg would resign
before the cube action.
Not a big deal, but it looks odd to
non-experts.
MaX.
Christian Anthon <address@hidden>
wrote on 14/04/2009 22:23:35:
> Funny, but right. No reason to change anything, true?
>
> Christian.
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Massimiliano Maini
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > I agree it's "correct". I don't get why gnubg didn't
resign beforedoubling.
> >
> > Pushing your logic further, gnubg should not resign after the
double/take:
> > the opponent could resign next turn :) :) :)
> >
> > MaX.
> >
> > "Zulli, Louis P" <address@hidden> wrote
on 10/04/2009 17:38:42:
> >
> >> It is funny, but isn't it the "correct" play by
X? If X doesn't
> >> double, he is certain to lose the match. If X doubles and
O passes
> >> (not a likely response!) then X survives. So the "correct"
play by X
> >> is to double, which O accepts. Now X has no way to avoid
losing the
> >> match, so X resigns. I guess the magnitude of the loss doesn't
matter to
> >> X.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Massimiliano Maini" <address@hidden>
> >> To: address@hidden
> >> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:55:45 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
Eastern
> >> Subject: [Bug-gnubg] Funny quirck
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> enter this position: 2jbQIBjzAAAAAA:EQH7AEAAEAAA
> >>
> >> GNU Backgammon Position ID: 2jbQIBjzAAAAAA
> >>
Match ID : EQH7AEAAEAAA
> >> +-1--2--3--4--5--6-------7--8--9-10-11-12-+
O: gnubg
> >> OO | O X O
| | X X |
4 points
> >> OO | O X O
| | X
| Rolled 66
> >> OO | O
| |
|
> >> OO | O
| |
|
> >> O |
| |
|
> >> |
|BAR|
|^ 7 point match
> >> |
| |
|
> >> |
| |
|
> >> |
| |
|
> >> | X X X X
| | |
> >> | X X X X X
| | X | 2
points
> >> +24-23-22-21-20-19------18-17-16-15-14-13-+
X: MaX (Cube: 2)
> >>
> >>
> >> O takes 4 out and the position is gin given the cube and
the score.
> >> If you make gnubg play against himself, X will redouble to
4
> >> (optional redouble),
> >> O will take and then X will resign. Very funny :) :)
> >>
> >> MaX.
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