Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 13:06:29 04/23/98
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On April 22, 1998 at 15:36:39, Don Dailey wrote:
>>If you use both of them, I think you are overusing this good idea, and
>>you take too much risks in your selection. But it is nevertheless a
>>workable approach. If I use both algorithms, my program is able to reach
>>greater depths. But IMO it won't play better.
>
>Indeed. I can set my program to play about 2 ply faster or 1 ply slower
>in terms of "stated iteration depth" with little difference in playing
>strength. The current settings are based on "severe" testing and are
>believed to be close to optimum for my program but not easy to prove.
>
>- Don
This is really an important point. I believe that after a few years of
work on your program, and assuming you've got the right information from
here and there, you may have one of the top programs on planet earth.
Well, at least a good candidate.
The only thing you miss to have a really good program is a good testing
methodology. Without that, you may well be 100 or 200 points under what
you could achieve if "God" whispered the right settings in your hear.
Christophe
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