Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:31:59 03/29/01
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On March 29, 2001 at 09:14:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On March 29, 2001 at 06:22:13, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>On March 29, 2001 at 06:17:50, Alexander Kure wrote: >> >>>On March 29, 2001 at 04:37:19, Tony Werten wrote: >>> >>>>Hi all, >>>> >>>>until what depth do various programs probe the tablebases ? >>>> >>>>cheers, >>>> >>>>Tony >>> >>> >>>Hi Tony, >>> >>>In London 2000, I let Nimzo 8 play with a depth of 6 plies, but later I came to >>>the conclusion that 8 plies might be better overall. This is indeed the default >>>setting of NimzoX and Varguz playing on ICC. >>> >>>Greetings >>>Alex >> >>Sorry one stupid question: is this the first or last 6/8 plys? >> >>Jouni > > >His statement would make no sense if it were the _last_ 6-8 plies. Those >are the ones that kill performance if you aren't careful. The first 6-8 plies >don't cost a thing. But it could also mean it probes TBs in all the plies except the last 6/8. Meaning that if Nimzo is doing a X plies search, then the program probes the TBs in the tree for all nodes that have a distance from the root below or equal to X-6 (or X-8). I don't think that probing the TBs in the first 6/8 plies of the search makes any sense. Christophe
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