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Subject: hiarcs not going deeper

Author: Thorsten Czub

Date: 08:12:33 11/12/00

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>I used programs for anlysis at long time control and I found the problem of big
>branching factor mainly with hiarcs.
>I usually do not see it with other programs like Junior or Gandalf or Tiger.
>
>I did not do statistics about but I believe that hiarcs has bigger branching
>factor at long time control when I found no problem with the branching factor of
>hiarcs in the first minutes and the problem was only later.
>
>conclusion:I guess that fast processors are not going to help hiarcs even
>without the hash tables bug.

hiarcs always had a search that seems to need much time to come deeper.
guess he is not that much forward pruning than other programs. or whatever.
but the effect you describe was in all versions. especially the older ones.
on my fast machine hiarcs makes a good look IMO, he seems to profit from
this machine.
whatever. it would be better for mark to speed up the search in a new
version. if he is still working on chess programming.
i guess he has less time...
anyway. i like his program. it is - like mchess - full of nice knowledge.


>Uri



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