Author: stuart taylor
Date: 12:22:53 01/07/01
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On January 07, 2001 at 11:21:27, Christophe Theron wrote: >On January 06, 2001 at 21:36:45, stuart taylor wrote: > >>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? > > > >Because when I am tweaking a specific area of my program I don't stop until I >have tried all I could try in this area. > >This leads to trying some stupid ideas in the area I'm working on before some >other obvious ideas in another area. > > > > >>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. > > > >Sometimes the ideas that actually work look very strange because we assume that >we understand the essence of the Chess game, but we actually don't understand it >fully. > >Analyzing these strange ideas and why they work can lead to a better >understanding of the game. > >That's one of the very interesting parts of chess programming. > > > > Christophe Sounds great! honestly! Pack in as much as possible (of what works)! I take it that it is only practical to make one internet upgrade patch per comercial upgrade. Is this true? S.Taylor
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