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Subject: Re: How do other programs handle check extensions?

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 12:03:01 05/04/99

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On May 04, 1999 at 11:26:29, KarinsDad wrote:

>I was wondering how deeply most programs extended the search at a given ply for
>check.

Maybe a simple fixed multiple of the depth you are searching to is sufficient in
practice.  2 or 3 or something.  You could experiment to optimize it.  There's a
lot of useless checks sometimes, but there's often a correct sequence too.

>I implemented singular extensions, check extensions, and capture extensions into
>my code last night, but ran into the problem of check extensions potentially
>expanding the extensions into near infinity.

I believe it. :)  Did you implement PV or FH singular extensions (or both)?
Have you experimented with your margin at all yet?

>How many checks do most programs consider is enough when extending?
>
>Thanks,
>
>KarinsDad :)
>
>PS. Will, we realized that our nps is way off. We were compiling the code in
>debug mode as opposed to optimized mode. So, our 100 knps went up to 209 knps.
>Duh!

Doh! :)

Dave



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