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Subject: Re: Fixed depth

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 11:36:48 05/11/02

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On May 11, 2002 at 14:04:20, Rafael Andrist wrote:

>On May 11, 2002 at 13:45:19, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On May 11, 2002 at 13:35:07, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Some engines do more extensions so I expect them to be better.
>>>
>>>I believe that hiarcs does more extensions so I expect it to be better than
>>>Fritz7.
>>
>>Not an issue in a real fixed depth match.
>>
>
>So, the program with less/no pruning (=stupidest search) will have the better
>chances because of seeing more tactics, whereas other searches may overlook
>simple tactics at early depths.

Correct. Comparing knowledge via fixed depth matches is senseless: there's
knowledge in the search as well.

--
GCP



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