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Subject: Re: What makes a good blitz program?

Author: Omid David

Date: 16:33:19 07/09/02

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On July 09, 2002 at 17:53:31, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On July 09, 2002 at 17:35:35, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On July 09, 2002 at 17:04:03, Steve Maughan wrote:
>>
>>>Russell,
>>>
>>>>Is it simply a fast engine that is good at tactics? I can't think of what else
>>>>it would be.
>>>
>>>What you say is the percieved wisdom although there are exceptions such as
>>>Hiarcs which is good at tactics but not fast.  Hopefully Shredder's Blitz win
>>>will start to erode the myth that it's not good at tactics.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Steve
>>
>>I suspect that the operator is very important in the blitz tournament.
>>
>>Uri
>
>
>Critical is a better word...

I think in a blitz or lightning match, the evaluation function should be very
light in order to enable the programs to reach a reasonable depth. Unlike the
depths 10-12 which another ply deeper won't bring tremendous improvement
(diminishing returns from deeper search), in depths lower than 10 another ply
deeper is critical, and is more important that some of the detailed positional
evaluations.




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