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Subject: Re: Ply 'n+1' searches lesser nodes than 'n'

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 23:45:33 10/27/02

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On October 28, 2002 at 02:00:06, Nagendra Singh Tomar wrote:

>On October 28, 2002 at 01:48:02, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>
>>On October 28, 2002 at 01:17:41, Nagendra Singh Tomar wrote:
>>
>>>What all reasons can you think of for a ply 'n+1' searching lesser nodes than
>>>ply 'n' search.
>>>
>>>regds
>>>tomar
>>
>>The most obvious is a ply n search had really bad move ordering that gets much
>>improved for ply n+1 thanks to the hash moves saved in the hash table.
>
>correct.
>
>One more reason can ne that 'n' was just small enough to deny null-move.
>null-move in 'n+1' ply search saved a lot of nodes.

I use null move from the first ply so there is not n that is small enough to
deny null move.

The only case when I do not start by checking null move is when the remaining
depth is 0 or in some other special cases when I suspect a zugzwang.

Uri



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