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Subject: Re: Frustrated beyond words

Author: Christopher Conkie

Date: 05:26:53 02/15/06

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On February 15, 2006 at 07:45:37, David B Weller wrote:

>I am a broken man ...
>
>I have been searching in vain for the reason(s) that my engine searches so
>slowly compared to others...
>
>1/5 the NPS
>5 ply less
>
>NPS and depth is still < Gerbil even when using a rediculously simple SE of
>material ONLY
>
>using:
>
>AlphaBeta fail soft with Aspiration=30 and PVS
>Null Move R=2 (no verification)
>Futility Pruning at Frontier
>Delta Pruning in Quies
>Low History Reduction [late in move list]
>*not using IID. It does not help
>
>Extensions:
>Check
>One Reply
>Mate threat
>Pawn to 7th
>
>extension are UNLIMITED
>[tried several extension limiting schemes with little difference]
>
>Move order:
>ETC [used only when in check]
>HASH
>PV
>MATE KILLER
>MVV/LVA
>KILLERS (2)
>HISTORY
>
>Static eval is about half way between Gerbil and Crafty [in complexity]
>
>I have profiled the code, and there is nothing abnormal. Spends most time in
>eval. [IIRC 30+ %]
>
>Estimated average branching factor is 2.4 [tested on positional suite]
>*maybe higher in games
>
>please help. About to go 'stark raving mad'

What kind of move generator are you using out of interest? Have you looked at
Mike Sherwin's examples of speedy movegens available with Romichess for example.
They are called Conundrum and Carnivor.

He seems to be the maestro of speed. They are complicated for my poor old brain
but very very fast.

Christopher



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