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Subject: Re: Why? WHY?!

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 17:48:08 01/06/01

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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?
>
>I can't think of any more ideas right now...



A number of ideas that sound simple and powerful actually do not work at all in
computer chess.

On the other hand, I know several strange and unsound ideas that are working
great in my program... I was lucky enough to try them, but if I had trusted my
feelings (and my logical sense) I would not have discovered them.



    Christophe



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