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Subject: Re: LG2000 vs Crafty more results

Author: blass uri

Date: 09:03:54 05/26/00

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On May 26, 2000 at 11:24:11, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On May 26, 2000 at 10:54:11, blass uri wrote:
>
>>I know it.
>>I explained in the same post that a move with better evaluation is not always
>>better but in most of the cases it is better.
>
>There's no basis for such an assumption, since you don't have the extra ply to
>make it plausible.

There is a basis for such an assumption if the program is not stupid(otherwise
the program will not change its mind).

It is easy to do programs that change their mind only at the end of the
iteration but programmers do not do it because it is silly not to change your
mind when most of the chances are that the new move is better.

Suppose move A is the best move after 9 plies search.
The first move to analyze at depth 10 is always move A.

If the program changes its mind from move A to move B at depth 10 then I can be
sure that move A will not be selcted at depth 10 even if you stop at the end of
the iteration and not in the middle of the iteration.

Uri



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