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Subject: Re: Search algorithms and effeciency

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 14:10:25 05/30/01

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On May 30, 2001 at 16:04:18, James Swafford wrote:

>On May 30, 2001 at 11:21:41, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>
>>Good examples of successive algorithms are on the one hand
>>  - MTD, if a program has a very conservative evaluation function
>>         and a pawn is worth not so much
>
>What makes you say that?  The evaluation needs some consistency,
>avoiding wild fluctuations, but what's with the "pawn is worth not
>so much" comment?

pawn in diep is 1000.

imagine the number of extra researches i need!

>--
>James
>
>
>>
>>  - PVS (sometimes also used in combination with a root window)
>>
>>Very popular nowadays is nullmove using R=3 and near the leaves R=2,
>>whereas in past R=2 was very popular.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Vincent



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