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Subject: Re: Is Hiarcs 8 crippled by deep analysis?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 08:10:46 08/16/02

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On August 16, 2002 at 11:09:40, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 16, 2002 at 10:48:07, John Coffey wrote:
>
>>Who really needs to more than 8 hours of analysis with a program?   The only
>>example I can think of is for opening analysis where I routinely look at
>>positions at a depth of 15 to 17 ply.  I haven't actually clocked it, but the
>>difference between 15, 16, and 17 ply with Fritz 6 seems rather large.  It seems
>>like it can can get to 15 ply in less than an hour, but I have waited up to 2
>>days for 17 ply.  Maybe what I am seeing is just different positions taking
>>different amounts of time.  Maybe I will clcok it.
>>
>>John Coffey
>
>I do not know about Fritz7 but Deep Fritz has a branching factor
>of about 3 and if it is at depth 15 in 1 hour I can expect it
>to be in most cases at depth 18 or 19 after 2 days.
>
>Uri

I forgot that it is only in middle game positions and in endgame
positions the branching factor is usually smaller.

Uri



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