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Subject: Re: Why? WHY?!

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 14:16:37 01/05/01

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On January 05, 2001 at 14:44:43, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On January 05, 2001 at 14:41:51, David Rasmussen wrote:
>
>>I was wondering why some of the clever ideas I've been reading about, aren't
>>used in the programs I know of.
>>
>>ETC, Enhanced Transposition Cutoff, seems like a very good idea and have been
>>tested to perform well in practice. Why isn't it used?
>
>Where is an article on this technique that I might read?
>
>I've never heard of it.

If I remember correctly, it is Plaat and Schaeffer that invented it. They wrote
a paper about it, called enhancements to alphabeta or something. It can be found
at the Yellow Bishop Computer Chess site. If I wasn't a lazy bastard, I'd give
you an URL.



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