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Re: [Bug-gnubg] Bearoff DB bug?
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Joern Thyssen |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-gnubg] Bearoff DB bug? |
Date: |
Mon, 9 Dec 2002 17:04:40 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.4i |
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 07:07:52AM -0500, Hanley Hayes wrote
> In the attached match, game 1, in move 22 with me having the following
> position:
>
> 1 checker on my 1 pt
> 3 checkers on my 2 pt
> 1 chcker on my 5 pt
>
> I rolled 43.
>
> I, of course, moved 5/1 2/off, leaving me with 2 checkers on my 1 pt and 2
> checkers on my 2 pt
>
> In analysis, GNU reported this move as 'doubtful', instead preferring 5/off,
> which is terrible. It leaves 1 checker on my 1 pt and 3 checkers on my 2
> pt, which in the event of two consecutive rolls of 21 would not get them all
> off (as would be guaranteed by my move).
>
> I am running the Windows Dec 2 executable, with the 5MB bearoff database
> downloaded.
I've now had a change to check, and I *can't* reproduce this error in
the newest version.
I fixed a bug Dec 4:
Wed Dec 4 20:59:50 2002 Jørn Thyssen <address@hidden>
* eval.c (EvaluatePositionCubeful3): fix bug leading to
wrong equities in bearoffs.
(reported Ned Cross)
which might be the cause of your problems. Can you try with a newer
build, please?
Jørn