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Subject: Re: Ply Depth in relation to playing strength

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 16:43:43 09/29/99

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On September 29, 1999 at 19:21:08, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On September 29, 1999 at 17:02:02, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On September 29, 1999 at 16:55:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>[snip]
>>>at 3 minutes per move I get to 14 plies all the time on my quad....  but that
>>>isn't the same kind of 14 plies that hiarcs would search if it could get to 14
>>>plies, of course.
>>>
>>>His point was that 14 plies for a null-mover is like 12 plies for a non-null-
>>>mover program...
>>
>>Which successful programs do not use the null-move heuristic?  I thought pretty
>>much everyone used it.
>>
>>[snip]
>
>Doesn't Rebel not use null-move?
>
>Jeremiah


without the contraction:


"does not Rebel not use null-move?"

Damned if I know, as I can't parse that.  :)

But I do get your point... :)

Bob



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