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Subject: Re: R=3 question

Author: Daniel Shawul

Date: 04:49:10 06/03/04

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On June 03, 2004 at 07:37:30, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>On June 03, 2004 at 03:21:07, Daniel Shawul wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I used to use adaptive null move pruning.
>>But now since i added checks only in the first ply of quiescence search(horizon)
>>I think it is time to use R=3 everywhere. Is it safe?
>>Do i need to do other safe guard searches like verified null move
>>pruning?
>>
>>best
>>daniel
>
>I use R=3 everywhere (checks in q-search).  It is not a pure win though: you see
>more in some areas and less in others.
>
>anthony

do you do checks everywhere? Zappa is so fast so i don't think you do it.
I tried adaptive null move pruning and pure R=3 in test suites and not much
difference. Besides since R=3 for depth > 6 or 8 and it doesn't take much to
reach those depths, i see no difference b/n those methods.

daniel



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