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Subject: Re: Extensions

Author: Antonio Dieguez

Date: 09:48:12 01/18/02

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On January 18, 2002 at 12:45:16, Antonio Dieguez wrote:

>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 :)

by the way, I think check evasions extension is veeery important against humans.



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