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Subject: Re: Uniform depth reporting proposal

Author: Georg v. Zimmermann

Date: 13:33:15 08/26/00

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On August 26, 2000 at 08:06:00, Brian Richardson wrote:

>I think the information that many programs report, such as depth, score, PV,
>etc) is helpful to see, and appreciate most programs doing so (particuarly when
>their operators are online, or even some that have lists of opponents to
>automatically kibitz).
>
>However, each program reports in a different manner.  I would like to propose
>_some_ reporting uniformity.  I am not suggesting that standardizing _all_
>information and formats should be attempted.
>
>In particular, the search "depth" seems like a good place to start.  Depth can
>mean several different things.

This would be nice, but its impossible.

I do a lot of razoring, and futility pruning. It happens that I have some
variants searched to only 3 ply on an otherwise 7 ply search. Null Move Cuts add
to the same problem.

In addition I am testing fractional ply deepening, and how do I report that ?!
:)

Regards,

Georg v. Zimmermann
Sunsetter (C) Crazyhouse/Bughouse Chess



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