Author: Jari Huikari
Date: 06:36:12 09/27/98
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On September 24, 1998 at 06:19:18, Roberto Waldteufel wrote: >Searching captures first is indeed very beneficial for alpha-beta efficiency, >but I think that just about all other programs also do this, as it is well >known. By the way, you should include promotions as well, whenever there is >one available, as these too cause a big change in material. (I) What about advancing white pawn to seventh (black pawn to second) rank? Should also be examined early? (II) HOW MANY killer-candidates your programs store? (To be tried if they cause a cutoff.) (III) I added random feature to Nero 4. (Explained in the end of its FAQ-file.) Makes randomly one of the legal moves. Can OCCASIONALLY beat KASPAROV... :-) Latest version of Nero http://www.math.jyu.fi/~huikari/NERO4.ZIP Jari
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