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Subject: Re: Is increase in Century 3 speed done at the price of positional play?

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 02:56:48 12/19/00

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On December 19, 2000 at 04:48:18, José Carlos wrote:

>On December 19, 2000 at 01:39:17, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>On December 18, 2000 at 19:10:50, Frank Wolf wrote:
>>
>>>I have read where Century 3 does better than Century against other computer
>>>programs due to its faster search.  How is this possible without a sac of
>>>positional knowledge?
>>
>>That is a good question.
>>
>>First, I have not removed any chess knowledge. That Century 3 is a lot
>>faster anyway is because of improved and new search algorithms. Some
>>very important search idea's came from my partner Christophe and vice
>>versa. As you know 2 know more than 1. After 18 years I am still surprised
>>about the things I still don't know and I am sure there is a lot more
>>to discover and explore.
>>
>>Ed
>
>  It'd be great if, someday, people with your experience and knowledge could
>tell us all of these interesting ideas that come and go... ;)
>  Thanks godness we have Bob and the other "amateur experts" :)
>
>  José C.

One day when I retire from the competition I will put the whole stuff on
the Internet.

Ed



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