Author: blass uri
Date: 09:38:20 03/16/00
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On March 16, 2000 at 11:32:07, Pete Galati wrote: >On March 16, 2000 at 11:10:43, Dan Andersson wrote: > >>And one needs to remember that it is only the same position if the possible >>moves are the same, per a more stringent definition. And some issues of the move >>history make the positions widely different also. Uris number is only the >>possible permutations, its still useful tough. > >Yeah, the game history has to be considered an important issue. Most people & >programs don't consider the utterly ridiculous moves that _could_ happen, until >somebody who doesn't have a clue about the game plays them. Most programs consider every legal move including stupid moves. Most programs are not selective searchers. They do not consider every possible position in the future because if they discover that 1.a4 is bad because of e5 they do not need to analyze lines like 1.a4 a5 but they consider 1.a4 assuming they do not use book Uri
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