Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:45:27 01/09/02
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On January 09, 2002 at 10:15:53, David Rasmussen wrote: >Some time ago we talked about the recapture extension. Bob's experiments with >Crafty seemed to show that recapture extension was a bad idea at least for his >program. > >How many people have the recapture extension because they positively believe >that it is better for their program, and how many has removed it from their >program because the positively believe that it is bad for their program? > >I am sure a lot of people have it or don't have it, but for no specific reason, >that is, they have not tested the effect of this extension thoroughly. > >/David Note that I still use it. It definitely slows things down at times, but allowing my opponent to burn two plies "at will" by making a capture that I have to reply to seems dangerous to ignore...
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