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Subject: Re: A pondering idea...

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 18:07:26 09/26/01

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On September 26, 2001 at 19:20:43, Dann Corbit wrote:

>Suppose we are at some position 'p' and we are just about to submit our move...
>

1)

>If several of the moves took about the same time to search, we submit the move
>and keep pondering on the current root.
>

2)

>If the key move failed high or if all the subsequent searches of non-key moves
>were quick, then choose the pm to ponder instead.
>
>Has anybody tried it?
>What is right with this idea?
>What is wrong with this idea?

My first attempt was to ponder all cases as (1). It was just easier, now I am
testing all cases as (2) as most of the people does according to what I
read here.
I think that your idea deserves attention. However, it won't work any attempt
to do it like (1) if you have asymetrical parameters. Somebody pointed out
here to me.

Regards,
Miguel



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