Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:29:22 05/09/01
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On May 09, 2001 at 19:20:18, Uri Blass wrote: [snip] >It is totally irrelevant. >The point is that even without the 50 move rule after enough plies searching >deeper is not going to give better results. > >If you find a forced mate for one of the sides it is clear that searching deeper >is not going to help. > >If you do not find a forced mate for one side then it is clear that the position >is drawn and searching deeper is not going to help(programs do not assume that >the opponent will do a mistake in their search). I don't understand how any such details can completely obscure the big picture. Chess is an exponential function of the number of plies analyzed. Use the 50 move rule, don't use it. It's irrelevant. See the above title about "never say impossible" -- well chess is intractible computationally speaking. If that is O(1), then I don't like your definition.
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