Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 14:13:27 05/21/03
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On May 21, 2003 at 16:36:05, Uri Blass wrote: >>>3)I also assume that programs also can evaluate >>>positions when all the moves are forced correctly >>>as win,draw,loss >> >>This seems like a good idea but actually doesn't help any. > >I think that it can help because you need less plies to prove that white wins >and you will have less positions that you will need to store in the hash tables. > >This kind of singular extension in evaluation means that you can see that one >side won even some plies before he practically won the game. Like I said, it sounds good, but I'm pretty sure when I tested it, it lowered the NPS significantly (for obvious reasons) and didn't make the searches any faster, possibly because most of the best lines seem to either fill up the board or almost fill it up. -Tom
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