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Subject: Re: Crafty null move question

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:50:04 07/18/02

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On July 18, 2002 at 05:26:44, Martin Bauer wrote:

>On July 18, 2002 at 00:37:57, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>A ply is 60, so that says "if (depth <= 7)  (7*60=420)
>
>Hello,
>
>why is the increment of ply 60? Why not counting 1,2,3...?
>
>Martin


Fractional extensions.  I decrement "depth" by 60 rather than 1
normally, and now rather than extending by 60 (1 ply) I can extend
by 3/4 ply (45), 1/2 ply (30), 1/3 ply (20) etc...




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