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Subject: Re: Interesting mate test for hashing

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 12:59:19 09/11/99

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On September 11, 1999 at 15:36:18, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>OK... then we are 'in sync' here it seems..
>
>As far as PVS, the main advantage is that since almost everything is searched
>with a null-window, it saves nodes, _IF_ you do well at move ordering (I have
>no doubt that you do well so PVS might be a win for you too)...
>
>It reduced my trees by 10% and loses nothing at all...  unless you screw
>up move ordering, then it can make the tree bigger as you first search with
>a null window, then you have to re-search with the normal window...

Thus, PVS is aspiration search with a null-window? Is that all there is?

Ed

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