Author: Bas Hamstra
Date: 14:12:23 01/09/02
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On January 09, 2002 at 15:17:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 09, 2002 at 12:58:18, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: > >>On January 09, 2002 at 12:45:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>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... >> >>So, you prefer following your intuition, though it is not in complete accordance >>with the statistics of the experiment which you have done once (IIRC) ? >> >>Uli > > >yep... > >:) Same goes for me. I don't know what the outcome of this experiment was, but for me leaving it in seems to "break even". It solves a few tactics extra and misses a few others. I have always had doubts if it really effectively reduces horizon effects in games. Bas.
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