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Subject: Re: Tinker Results Re: The Scalable Search Test

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 09:57:26 06/18/00

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On June 18, 2000 at 12:43:32, Brian Richardson wrote:

>Tinker's results are listed below.  Tinker extends one ply during normal "full
>width" search for checks, pawns on 7th, and various recaptures.  The 13(30/39)
>indicates that the mate (in 8) was found in the full width search at 13 ply,
>the deepest full width extension was to 30 ply, and the deepest q-search was
>39 ply. Note the score changes at ply 10 and again at ply 12.
>
[snip]
> 10      194   6.48   2344512  1.  h3h5  g6h5  2.  h1h5  g8f8  3.  h5h7  f8e8
>                               4.  d3f5  e8d8  5.  f5f7  a6a4  6.  f7e7  d8c8
>                               7.  e7d6  a4a2  8.  d6c5  c8d8
> 10->    194   7.98   3207267  1.  h3h5  g6h5  2.  h1h5  g8f8  3.  g8f8  f8e8
>                               4.  d3f5  e8d8  5.  f5f7  a6a4  6.  f7e7  d8c8
>                               7.  e7d6  a4a2  8.  d6c5  c8d8
> 11      194   8.09   3249107  1.  h3h5  g6h5  2.  h1h5
> 11->    194  11.05   5052676  1.  h3h5  g6h5  2.  h1h5
> 12     1915  13:58 444200966  1.  h3h5  g8f8  2.  h5h7  f8e8  3.  h7f7  a6c4
>                               4.  d3g6  c4f1  5.  h1f1  e8d8  6.  g6e6  d8c7
>                               7.  c3a5  b7b6  8.  f7e7  c7d8  9.  e6d6  d8c8

Thanks a lot! This is exactly what I was looking for.

BTW. Do you use an aspiration search (alpha-beta window)? If so how wide. From
what I see here I'd say no but I want to be sure.

I am using nearly the same extensions (but not on recapture) and I'm getting
very similar results. Except that my program runs 10 times slower and I didn't
have the patience to way for 2 hours ;)

From what I've got now, my guess would be that the one-on-check is what
kills this search. Fractional ply extensions anyone? ;)

--
GCP



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