Author: Zach Wegner
Date: 13:08:10 09/25/04
Go up one level in this thread
>But doesn't returning -MATE+ply from search() mean that the program >might postpone making a mate since it is not returning -MATE+depth >and so the ply is increasing and so more credit for deeper mates >whereas depth is decreasing so more credit for more shallow mates? > >Stuart No, because we want the value to be smaller for being mated closer (it is worse to be mated sooner). From the other side's point of view, the score is MATE - ply. We want ply to be smallest (close to the root) so that this value is closer to mate. Zach
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.