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Subject: Re: Fine 70 same 7 engines (more)

Author: Rafael Andrist

Date: 10:37:58 09/10/01

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On September 07, 2001 at 13:41:57, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>I did this in Cray Blitz _many_ years ago (coordinated squares is the term I
>hear used most often).  And I was amazed that it took longer to find the right
>move.  After a mountain of debugging output, I discovered what I mentioned
>previously...  "hash grafting" (the art of grafting parts of the tree from
>one zone to another by using the hash table) was helping the dumber version,
>but not the smarter one.
>

You mix some things together! Knowledge about opposition is only one of the
tools you need to to construct a system of co-ordinated squares (german:
Gegenfeldsystem). If you implement this correctly, you should find the correct
move instantly i.e at ply 1 as my chess program Wilhelm does.

Rafael B. Andrist



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