Re: [Bug-gnubg] Wrong move in external interface

[Jim Segrave]

On Wed 16 Mar 2005 (14:53 +0100), Joachim Matussek wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> same problem with GNUBG gui.
> 
>     GNU Backgammon  Position ID: DwAAoAkAAAAAAA
>                     Match ID   : cAllABAAEAAA
>     +24-23-22-21-20-19------18-17-16-15-14-13-+  O: Player0
> OOO | O                |   |                  |  1 point
>  OO | O                |   |                  |  
>  OO | O                |   |                  |  
>  OO | O                |   |                  |  
>  OO |                  |   |                  |  
>     |                  |BAR|                  |v 3 point match (Cube: 1)
>  XX |                  |   |                  |  
>  XX |                  |   |                  |  
>  XX |                  |   |                  |  
>  XX |    X             |   |                  |  Rolled 21
> XXX | X  X     X       |   |                  |  2 points
>     +-1--2--3--4--5--6-------7--8--9-10-11-12-+  X: Player1
> 
> 
>     1. Cubeful 0-ply    2/1 2/off                    Eq.:  -1.0000
>        0.1158 0.0000 0.0000 - 0.8842 0.0000 0.0000
>         0-ply cubeful [expert]
>     2. Cubeful 0-ply    4/1                          Eq.:  -1.0000 ( +0.0000)
>        0.1158 0.0000 0.0000 - 0.8842 0.0000 0.0000
>         0-ply cubeful [expert]
>     3. Cubeful 0-ply    4/2 1/off                    Eq.:  -1.0000 ( +0.0000)
>        0.1158 0.0000 0.0000 - 0.8842 0.0000 0.0000
>         0-ply cubeful [expert]
>     4. Cubeful 0-ply    4/3 2/off                    Eq.:  -1.0000 ( +0.0000)
>        0.1158 0.0000 0.0000 - 0.8842 0.0000 0.0000
>         0-ply cubeful [expert]
>     5. Cubeful 0-ply    2/off 1/off                  Eq.:  -4.9484 ( -3.9484)
>        0.5324 0.0000 0.0000 - 0.4676 0.0000 0.0000
>         0-ply cubeful [expert]

I posted this earlier when it was pointed out that I had miscounted
fields on the board command. The effect of my command, which made the
cube inaccessible, is to give proper evaluations - gnubg does the
right thing if this is a Crawford game and fails if it is not.


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