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Subject: Re: Rating Points and Evaluation Function

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 13:08:15 05/20/02

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On May 20, 2002 at 16:02:07, Uri Blass wrote:

>On May 20, 2002 at 15:41:47, Eric Baum wrote:
><snipped>
>>Is there any
>>serious forward pruning going
>>on, leading to real ratings improvements? And if so, is anybody gaining
>>from pruning based on position as opposed to merely numerical evaluation?
>
>Forward pruning that is done correctly can lead to real rating improvements.

I remember Bruce saying that Ferret really got significantly better when he
correctly implemented good forward pruning.

>Null move is only one idea that is used to prune.

What are some other methods of pruning?

Russell

• Re: Rating Points and Evaluation Function Pham Minh Tri 18:02:12 05/20/02
  • Re: Rating Points and Evaluation Function Roy Eassa 09:50:36 05/21/02
  • Re: Rating Points and Evaluation Function Russell Reagan 00:37:43 05/21/02
    • Re: Rating Points and Evaluation Function Pham Minh Tri 01:00:30 05/21/02

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