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Subject: Re: Mathematical question regarding chess

Author: Olaf Jenkner

Date: 10:53:34 08/08/01

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>Hi Uri!
>Make a simple model, a two-ply alpha-beta search with random evaluation of the
>leaf nodes, independent and equally distributed (those are standard
>assumptions).
>It is very easy to prove that the move that the move that gives the opponent the
>lower number of replies has a higher probability of being chosen.
>For deeper searches it is more complicated, but the mobility principle still
>holds.
>José.

I read an article in ICCA-Journal maybe 10 years ago.
They showed by experiments that the playing strength increases with every ply
more.
Can anyone build me a Crafty-clone with random evaluation?
I would like to do some experiments.
By the way, maybe I will win my first game against Crafty.

OJe



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