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Subject: Re: Iterative Deepening

Author: Pat King

Date: 04:10:13 09/21/98

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On September 20, 1998 at 19:31:36, John Coffey wrote:

>We all know that searching 1 ply, 2ply, 3ply, 4ply etc produces faster
>results than just searching 4 ply by itself because the move odering
>improves the efficiency of the alpha-beta pruning.

Do we? I know improved move ordering helps speed up subsequent searches,
but enough to be faster than one 4 ply search? I thought the primary benefit of
iterative deepening was always having a move on hand in case time constraints
prevent you from doing the full search.

Pat



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