Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:31:59 03/29/01
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On March 29, 2001 at 09:14:57, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On March 29, 2001 at 06:22:13, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>On March 29, 2001 at 06:17:50, Alexander Kure wrote:
>>
>>>On March 29, 2001 at 04:37:19, Tony Werten wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>until what depth do various programs probe the tablebases ?
>>>>
>>>>cheers,
>>>>
>>>>Tony
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi Tony,
>>>
>>>In London 2000, I let Nimzo 8 play with a depth of 6 plies, but later I came to
>>>the conclusion that 8 plies might be better overall. This is indeed the default
>>>setting of NimzoX and Varguz playing on ICC.
>>>
>>>Greetings
>>>Alex
>>
>>Sorry one stupid question: is this the first or last 6/8 plys?
>>
>>Jouni
>
>
>His statement would make no sense if it were the _last_ 6-8 plies. Those
>are the ones that kill performance if you aren't careful. The first 6-8 plies
>don't cost a thing.
But it could also mean it probes TBs in all the plies except the last 6/8.
Meaning that if Nimzo is doing a X plies search, then the program probes the TBs
in the tree for all nodes that have a distance from the root below or equal to
X-6 (or X-8).
I don't think that probing the TBs in the first 6/8 plies of the search makes
any sense.
Christophe
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