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Subject: Re: What Ply Depths Were Typical at CCT6 [middlegame]?

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 10:02:32 02/02/04

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On February 02, 2004 at 12:54:00, Bob Durrett wrote:

>What Ply Depths Were Typical at CCT6 [middlegame]?
>
>When I do post-mortem analyses at home using one of the top engines, I typically
>get a minimum of 15 ply [assuming the user can believe the data presented to the
>user] and often much higher depths in some positions.
>
>In the CCT6 tournament, however, the games were very fast.  Perhaps 12 ply was
>more typical for CCT6?
>
>Generally, the engines I play with do not find the best moves at 12 ply.  In
>fact, I do not trust 12 ply data at all for analysis.
>
>That surely must make analysis of the CCT6 scoresheets more difficult.
>
>[P4 3 GHz, HASH = 1024 MB]
>
>Bob D.

Zappa was getting 11-15 ply, with 12 or 13 being the most common.  Note that you
really can't compare plys directly, as has been said before a 7 ply search of
Chessmaster is equivalent to a 15 "ply" search of Junior.

anthony



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