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Subject: Re: Branching factor, etc

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 23:57:20 08/29/02

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David,

>I implemented all the mechanisms that i think i'm supposed to--nullmove, hash
>move first, then two killers, then winning static exchange moves sorted by
>expected material win, then moves sorted by their history score.  I sort moves
>at the root with each iterative deepening.

Try swapping Killers and SEE wins - I think that's the problem i.e. generally
wisdom says that the move order should be:

1) Hash Move
2) Winning SEE captures
3) Killers
4) History
5) Losing SEE captures

Regards,

Steve



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