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Subject: Re: Variable Selectivity?

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 04:36:21 09/22/00

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On September 21, 2000 at 21:55:45, Aaron Gordon wrote:

>Hello.. I was tinkering around in Fritz6 and think that running a slightly
>higher selectivity than default (say, 3.. 4 in some case's) helps strength quite
>a bit between moves 1-30 or so. Well, usually when the board starts clearing out
>at those levels I get to around a depth of 20 or so but I don't think thats a
>good idea, around the time I start getting hellish NPS I kick the selectivity
>down to around 0-1 to find the 'better' move in about the same depth (of course
>because i'm getting well over 1m NPS). Seems (to me) to play stronger than just
>leaving it at 2 or 3 throughout the entire game.
>
>I'm wondering if anyone has implimented variable selectivity settings in any
>progams or have tried to? Any suggestions/comments?

It sounds like a good idea to me. Personally, I've been thinking about the idea
of adjusting variables like selectivity automatically according to the
timecontrol used. I don't know if any program does that or if it's an usable
idea at all.

Best wishes...
Mogens



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