Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 15:13:52 01/10/05
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On January 10, 2005 at 17:39:33, Duncan Roberts wrote: >On January 10, 2005 at 17:18:10, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>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. > >according to dann you can claim there is probably no material gain for white in >the first N moves, if it finds nothing. > >do you disagree with the claim? Yes, I disagree with the claim. It is possible that in order to avoid mate in N + 1, it may be necessary to dump material at a very early point. A possibility that cannot be ruled out. > > >duncan
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