Author: Tony Werten
Date: 02:32:20 03/20/01
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On March 19, 2001 at 13:57:17, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On March 19, 2001 at 12:38:06, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: > >>I just implemented in my program "Gaviota" the ability to process a epd file >>as a test. So I ran WAC in AMD K6-2 400 mhz 20 seconds each position >>and it solved 264 out of 300. How bad/good is that for a program that is ~2000? >> >>Regards, >>Miguel > >If you mean does that correlate, I'd guess it does. The stronger programs will >easily get somewhere over 290 in that time. > >It does suggest that you have some opportunity for improvement. My guess is >that you can still improve effective tactical speed by a factor of 20 or so. > >Recapture extension will help, as will null move R=2 if you are not doing it, >and a single-response-to-check extension. The last 2 are sure things, but be carefull with the first one. The recaptureextensions seem to be very program dependent. I took them out about a year ago and saw an improvement. They are the easiest to implement though so you should give them a try. They seem to help for smaller evaluationfunctions. cheers, Tony > >bruce
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