Author: Bo Persson
Date: 12:47:20 12/05/02
Go up one level in this thread
On December 04, 2002 at 20:05:14, Russell Reagan wrote: >Let me see if I understand what forward pruning accomplishes. I understand how >it works. Forward pruning only reduces the time to depth (and nodes to depth), >but it doesn't produce a more accurate score when searching to a fixed depth. In >other words, if you had a choice of the two following options: > >1. 10-ply search using no forward pruning >2. 10-ply search using null-move > >and all other things being equal, then choice 1 would potentially be the more >accurate 10 ply result. Is this correct? The problem is that these are not he choices in practice (game playing). So try these alternatives instead: 1. 10-ply search using no forward pruning 2. 12-ply search using null-move Now, which is the more accurate result? Bo Persson bop2@telia.com
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.