Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 14:18:10 01/10/05
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On January 10, 2005 at 16:45:43, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >I don't understand the interest in material only search. You've completed 34 >ply, but what does that prove? For instance, how do you know if upon completion >of ply 35, your engine might decide that the best line gives up a pawn at move >3? It's possible. You're just spinning your wheels here for no reason. And this >is independent of whether or not you are using null move pruning or whatever. >That issue is a red herring that distracts from the fact that no firm conclusion >can drawn in any case. To be more precise, you can't claim there is no material loss in the first N moves, but you *can* claim no mate in N moves however, but that's all you can claim. As I understand it, it is the former case that is your primary interest.
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