Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Did a computer programmer try...?

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 22:13:52 04/26/98

Go up one level in this thread


On April 27, 1998 at 01:11:22, Komputer Korner wrote:

>Oh No, here we go again, another challenge to the mathematical solidity
>of Alpha Beta. I would suggest that any poster that thinks there is a
>better way to search, please read up on alpha beta as very few non
>programmers really understand Alpha Beta with null window searches.
>There is a good article on this in the latest ICCA journal March 1998
>titled " Are there practical alternatives to Alpha Beta?"
>
>--
>Komputer Korner

There is a lot of evidence that suggests that Alpha-Beta is a very good
algorithm to use for computer chess playing.  That doesn't mean a better
way doesn't exist.  It just means we don't know of one. :)

Dave Gomboc



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.