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Subject: Re: Root Move Ordering

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:01:42 01/15/02

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On January 15, 2002 at 08:45:21, Severi Salminen wrote:

>>Many people use node count (or time) to order root nodes, apart from always
>>ordering the pv move of last ply first, of course. This seem to work ok. But as
>>some people have suggested (Christophe, for one), this method isn't very much to
>>the point and might have unwanted sideeffects.
>
>How is it "not to the point" and what side effects he means? For me it works.
>
>Severi


I agree.  I have used this since the early 1980's (Harry Nelson first proposed
it and added it to Cray Blitz.)  It makes sense as a move that looks more and
more interesting (as the search goes deeper iteration by iteration) gets moved
up the list nearer the top...



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