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Subject: Re: Extensions

Author: Antonio Dieguez

Date: 09:45:16 01/18/02

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On January 18, 2002 at 12:39:21, David Rasmussen wrote:

>On January 18, 2002 at 12:16:54, Benny Antonsson wrote:
>
>>How much do you gain in strength in practical play if you implement some
>>extensions compared to an identical version without extensions ?
>>(Ofcourse it depends on what extensions you implement, but I'm sure you know
>>what I mean)
>>
>>/Benny
>
>Finely tuned extensions, that finds tactical shots much quicker and don't grow
>the tree significantly will give a lot. I don't know how much. 100-200 points
>maybe. The difference will be larger when playing computers, than when playing
>humans. When playing humans, programs usually lose for positional reasons, not
>tactical ones.

some how you contradice a bit yourself :) yes programs usually lose for
positional reasons, at the same time that they usually win for tactical reasons.
So I think you haven't explained your point or I don't understand :)



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