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Subject: Re: The law of diminishing returns

Author: Georg v. Zimmermann

Date: 04:09:04 07/13/02

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Good points, I agree.

Georg

>Thanks for that data.
>
>There are few things that come to mind here...
>
>First is endgame vs middlegame data - I believe since BF is drastically
>different those 2 stages will produce different curves.
>
>Then there is this effect of searching MUCH deeper when there is an easy move:
>recapture or check evasion or simple forced move. Those moves will get 2+ plies
>deeper in search and affect your statistic greatly: best move won't change.
>(unless you auto-played with some easy-move algorithm and terminated search
>sooner)
>
>On the other hand in really complicated positions with big BF you are getting to
>smaller depths. And those positions are really interesting.
>
>I believe chess game consist of mostly 'easy' moves. That 2-3 'hard' moves in a
>game make all the difference though.
>
>-Andrew-



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