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Subject: Re: Branching factor, etc

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 15:56:52 08/31/02

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On August 31, 2002 at 18:04:27, Tony Werten wrote:

>On August 31, 2002 at 16:15:01, Bas Hamstra wrote:
>
>>On August 30, 2002 at 12:30:32, Tony Werten wrote:
>>
>>>On August 30, 2002 at 11:27:42, David Hanley wrote:
>>>
>>>>So, you do:
>>>>
>>>>hash
>>>>killers
>>>>captures
>>>>
>>>>do you sort captures at all?
>>>
>>>Yes, MVV/LVA.
>>>
>>>so:
>>>Hash
>>>Captures
>>>Killers
>>>Rest
>>>
>>>XiniX isn't really fast so most of the time I get a bestmove from hashtable (
>>>not very much overwritten entries )
>>>In addition; since I threw out aspiration search as well I seem to be having
>>>more bestmoves in the table.
>>>
>>>Tony
>>
>>Heyyy Tony! :-)
>>
>>Just for a comparison:
>>
>>- Well, aspiration we agree.
>>- History I'm not sure, though I still use it. Some say piece square sorting is
>>a good alternative.
>
>I don't use that right now but am quite suprised of my good branching factor.
>There still must be some room for improvement.
>
>>- FP I don't believe in. You?
>
>FP by definition can only save nodes when it's incorrect, so I threw it out.

I do not understand.

Do you mean that pruning based on evaluation,remaining depth and other
conditions is not FP.

If it is not FP then what is FP?

Uri



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