Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:42:46 07/19/00
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On July 18, 2000 at 14:29:53, blass uri wrote: >On July 18, 2000 at 14:27:58, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On July 18, 2000 at 12:17:57, blass uri wrote: >> >>>On July 18, 2000 at 12:10:57, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>>Let me clarify. Of course computers always look for the best move in attack, and >>>>also play the move they evaluate as as best. But when they see the evaluation >>>>going down, they will look perhaps a whole extra ply deeper in search of finding >>>>a way to bring the evaluation back up again. >>>> But if they see their evaluation going up, they do that move, sometimes very >>>>quickly, atleast they don't grind away labouriously trying to find something >>>>even better, even if the first "good move" is not all that good relatively. >>> >>>My knowledge is that Junior almost always finish the iteration of moves. >>> >>>If it see the evaluation goes up it will usually not play without checking all >>>the other moves in the same iteration. >>> >>>Uri >> >>Hiarcs too, usually. But if it is losing, it just goes on and on thinking, for >>very long periods, letting its clock tick till quite near the end. >> If that would help it salvage the position, it would be time well spent. > >Hiarcs is the only program that I know that does it. > >Uri Crafty will do it also...
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