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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 01:52:26 10/28/02

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On October 28, 2002 at 04:24:24, Nagendra Singh Tomar wrote:

>On October 28, 2002 at 02:45:33, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>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
>
>But the idea behind null move is to try first with a lesser depth search and see
>if it fails high ..
>if you start null move search from first ply .. what is the "lesser depth" you
>are going to try for ply 1 and even 2
>
>regds
>tomar

depth 0 is less than 1 or 2.

Uri



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