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Subject: Re: What is the average nodes per second for minimax?

Author: leonid

Date: 02:44:40 06/22/00

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On June 22, 2000 at 04:55:28, Severi Salminen wrote:

>
>>it is not that interesting, since we will talk only about one program in
>>particular. When we speak about general idea, yes, material echange can say
>>everything. Only through the material echange you can find mate or draw. By the
>>same mean you can find all other move in the game, name it positional, tactical
>>or otherwise. We can talk how much computer power we need for the best program
>>right now to find this or other kind of move, but this is something else. Idea
>>is simple - material echange do everything and everywhere. In chess game logic
>>is enough to see everything in it from beginning up to the end.
>
>
>Well, actually you don't even need material evaluation. Move generation (and
>check detection) is enough. When one side doesn't have any legal moves and is in
>check, you have a mate.


You are right and this is how everything work in my "mate solving logic". But
through material evaluation it goes well also, only more slowly. In material
evaluation, when mate is there, value gained will be equal to the value of the
king.

Leonid.

>Severi



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