Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 12:52:36 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 :) What I meant is that often it is not necesary to be as strong tactically against humans. So they don't necesarily neeed the extensions for that. But of course they will help. A lot indeed. But I think moreso against other computers. That was my point. /David
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