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Subject: Re: how to program a chess endgame.

Author: Roland Pfister

Date: 22:33:29 04/02/98

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On April 02, 1998 at 12:39:57, Christophe Theron wrote:

>3) Use a special dedicated search algorithm in the endgame. The kind of
>search we use in middle game doesn't fit well in endgames positions.
>
I am curious: you don't use alpha-beta in endgames?

I understand that tuning like nullmove, lazy evaluation etc need a
special treatment in endgames. What else do you change in endgames?

Roland

• Re: how to program a chess endgame. Christophe Theron 23:07:22 04/02/98
  • Re: how to program a chess endgame. Pat Butler 05:08:33 04/03/98
    • Re: how to program a chess endgame. Christophe Theron 10:55:04 04/03/98

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