Author: Will Singleton
Date: 22:16:56 01/20/00
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On January 20, 2000 at 22:25:42, Peter Kappler wrote: >>I think that more speed is not the answer, because at 15+ plies, you're already >faced with with seriously diminishing returns per extra ply. Any tactics that >exist in the position (or that a human would ever have a prayer of finding) have >long since been discovered, so the computer's positional evaluation starts to >become the limiting factor. And computer chess still has a long, long way to go >in that area. As you've stated yourself in other threads, the GMs are getting >better at exploiting these weaknesses. > >--Peter I'd have to disagree here. I don't see the diminishing returns as depth increases. There are certainly tactics present at any depth, and one can imagine a positional advantage at 18 ply that couldn't be seen at 17. So, in the arena of comp vs human, speed is really the only answer. Or, more to the point, in the absence of improved algorithms, speed would still do the job. Will
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