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Subject: Re: How to stop repeated lines

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 12:35:03 09/26/01

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On September 26, 2001 at 15:16:55, Francesco Di Tolla wrote:

>On September 26, 2001 at 14:27:51, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>this is that it may make the search instable.
>
>>Georg v. Zimmerman had a nice trick here: before starting the search,
>>change the piece-squares a bit randomly. It gives the same effect but
>>is much more stable.
>
>what do you mean by "the piece-squares"?
>I can only guess something that changes...the position. :-)

piece-square tables

Many programs (especially the simple ones) give the pieces a
certain score for being on a certain square (usually: more when
on a center square, except for king).

You can make small changes here and still end up with decent
but different play.

--
GCP



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