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Subject: SEE (Static Exchange Evaluation) Question (and History)

Author: Brian Richardson

Date: 15:16:07 10/18/00


Most better programs seem to use SEE.  I have not implemented this yet in
Tinker, but have some concerns.  I realize the point of SEE is "static" (and
meant to be much faster than recursive make/unmake move searching), but is it
not a problem that the SEE is only concerned with attacks to one particuar
square at a time?  I would think that a series of exchanges would open up other
significant move options that the SEE does not see (pardon the pun).  I don't
recall reading anything about SEE in ICCA or elsewhere and was wondering what
others thought about this.  Perhaps the move ordering (and pruning) benefits
simply outweigh the incomplete analysis, sort of like the crude history score
technique.

Actually, I was also wondering about a history question--what do people think is
better:  One history table or history tables by side?

Thanks
Brian



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