Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 07:53:29 10/23/97
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On October 23, 1997 at 10:41:18, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 23, 1997 at 10:20:58, Chris Whittington wrote: > > >> >>The next iteration it does the same thing. >>The next iteration the same thing again. >>The next iteration it is running out of time, does the same thing again, >>but the time controller decides to stop the search after the fai-high >>for Ng2+, but before the ensuing fail-low. So, because the search times >>out during a critical window, CSTal actually decides to play Ng2+ and >>loses of course :( >> >> >>Merde ! as they say in Paris :) >> >>Chris >> > >this is solvable too. When time runs out, I *never* bail out of the >search until I start to search *another* root move. I allow a 2X time >overflow here in fact, because I handle the case where the first move is >good, but the second one is going to be better. I make sure that >whatever >root move I am "hung" on when time runs out gets searched to completion >to >see if it is better, or if it going to fail low. hmmmm. all very well, but their are times when I've given myself panic time and then more panic time and then this happens; there has to be a time when you just have to bail out, no ? Chris
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