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Subject: Re: First move beta cutoff percentage

Author: William Bryant

Date: 16:58:32 12/30/00

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On December 30, 2000 at 16:26:30, Scott Gasch wrote:

My numbers are similar, averaging about 85% ranging from 79% to 95% depending
upon the position.  Bob quotes Crafty as approx. 92%.  I could easily believe
that my move ordering could be tweeked a bit.

William
wbryant@ix.netcom.com


>Hi,
>
>I remember a while back Bob said a good statistic to measure move ordering by
>was the percentage of beta cutoffs that occur on the first move tried in a
>position.  I'm looking for bugs / ways to improve my code by instrumenting it
>with a lot of counters and dumping statictics at the end of a move... I recently
>added this metric and ended up with a rate lower than I had expected.
>
>In typical positions the rate is about 80%..85%.  Only in positions where there
>is a winning tactical move or a piece threatoned does the rate exceed 90%.
>Despite this I think my tree size is fairly good and move ordering is fairly
>standard.  Does anyone else measure this statistic and, if so, what are your
>results?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Scott



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