Author: Tony Werten
Date: 11:39:34 03/29/01
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On March 29, 2001 at 14:21:16, Christophe Theron wrote: >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... 2 possibilities: - We are talking about different things - I don't get it Might be both. Tony > > > Christophe
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