Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:21:16 03/29/01
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On March 29, 2001 at 13:49:06, Tony Werten wrote:
>On March 29, 2001 at 13:31:59, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>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).
>
>Could be but that would mean, with an average depth of 10 to 12, you'd be
>probing the first 4 to 6 ply. I mean, it helps but it could help more.
>
>That is, not counting extensions, but you if you search 10 ply, you don't know (
>at ply 8 ) how many plies are still coming.
>
>cheers,
>
>Tony
But you know how many plies you have done since the root position...
Christophe
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