Computer Chess Club Archives

Search

Messages

Subject: Re: What is the branching factor for this position?

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 18:43:23 08/09/00

Go up one level in this thread

On August 09, 2000 at 20:21:29, leonid wrote:

>On August 09, 2000 at 17:04:37, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>
>>On August 09, 2000 at 15:59:24, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>>I don't recall Ed ever calling his search brute force.
>>>>
>>>>-Tom
>
>Went to see Rebel 10. Brute force is indicated there.

Where? What does it say, exactly?

Also, remember that when people say brute force, their programs still have
extensions and quiescence searches.

Brute force doesn't necessarily mean the fixed-depth searches that you do. In
fact, it never does, because fixed-depth searches are weak.

-Tom

• Re: What is the branching factor for this position? leonid 04:38:15 08/10/00
• Re: What is the branching factor for this position? Uri Blass 19:20:33 08/09/00
  • Re: What is the branching factor for this position? Ed Schröder 23:42:06 08/09/00

This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.