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Subject: Re: How to detect combinations?

Author: Pham Minh Tri

Date: 10:01:44 08/03/01

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>Do you als use what Dr. Heinz calls "razoring at (pre-)frontier nodes"?
>I implemented something similar in my program and it works fine. You get a
>considerable gain in speed (sometimes with factor 2 or more) with nearly no
>loss of quality.

Really? How about normal futility pruning? Does it help your engine? (it did not
help mine, so I did not try the extended versions yet).



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