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Subject: Re: Problem searching too deep!

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 06:15:40 05/27/02

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On May 27, 2002 at 08:51:04, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote:

>
>>It seems better both with respect to speed and accuracy to deal with this
>>problem at the root, if possible.
>
>I think its impossible. Your safety-margin idea doesnt really work because the
>point of a qsearch termination is indeterminable (nice pun huh).

hehe yeah, but you don't go 60 plies when there are more than just a few pieces
(at least I can't think of such a position), few pieces should give a very
shallow qsearch well within the 15 plies or 20 or whatever margin one chooses.

-S.

>>After all, scores probably don't change much from a 45 ply search to a 60 ply
>>search (theoreticly), but the strange scores you get around ply 60 by cutting
>>may change the scores all the way up the tree, I don't know.
>>
>>Perhaps the best would be to completely remove the depth limit and just let it
>>go as deep as it can in the given timeframe?
>
>That doesnt work either. Or all your arrays that hold takeBack Information for
>example get far oversized.
>
>Georg



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