Author: stuart taylor
Date: 18:36:45 01/06/01
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On January 06, 2001 at 20:48:08, Christophe Theron 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? >> >>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 You said you didn't try most of your ideas yet. Why did you choose these? And, I'm happy to hear that actual programers have all the best ideas too, and not only people like what I used to be, but with no actual computer knowledge (only imagined speculations) or ways of testing things. S.Taylor
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