Author: Ulrich Tuerke
Date: 14:01:45 01/11/01
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On January 11, 2001 at 16:50:36, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 11, 2001 at 16:42:21, Christophe Theron wrote: >[snip] >>I suggest null move and futility pruning because they are easy to implement and >>well documented, and will definitely make the program much stronger at a low >>cost. >> >>I do not suggest that by using these two techniques you will create a top >>program. >> >>I guess that you already know that the most successful techniques are not >>publicly documented. That's the fun of chess programming: do it yourself. > >No, that's the tragedy of chess programs. Because money can be made, >information is hidden instead of shared. I don't think that it's a tragedy. If all these tricks were published, we would probably not have this variety of chess programs; instead of "individuals" we would probably have a group of rather similar programs. Couldn't this be a bet boaring, Dann (even if each of these would play a bit stronger than today's toppers thanks to wisdom sharing) ?
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