Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 05:56:33 05/31/01
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On May 30, 2001 at 15:14:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: >3. When I fail high, I just relax >beta to +infinity, rather than the tiered approach I used in Cray Blitz. If >there are lots of mates here, that are not forced, the program still has to >search them all out as with +infinity, you get zero beta cutoffs at positions >where white is to move, until you establish a better beta value after a lot >of searching. Silly question...why don't you do it in Crafty? It's not like it's hard to code, and it gives real benefits. I use the CB approach after you once described it here or on rgcc and it's saved my ass a dozen times... -- GCP
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