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Subject: Re: New stuff on Ed's page

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 16:57:21 12/29/02

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On December 29, 2002 at 19:45:19, Tony Werten wrote:

>On December 29, 2002 at 19:35:52, Martin Giepmans wrote:
>
>>On December 29, 2002 at 19:05:51, Tony Werten wrote:
>>
>>>http://members.home.nl/matador/chess840.htm
>>>
>>>Tony
>>
>>The formula for reductions 2b and 2c look strange:
>>"alpha < score + threat + margin --> reduce depth ..."
>>
>>This would imply that a bigger threat gives more reductions ...
>>Should be score - threat - margin?
>
>Or ALPHA should have been BETA.
>
>I'm not sure if this is a "position below alpha wich is not going to improve" or
>a "position above beta wich is not going to deteriorate"
>
>I have to let it sink in.
>
>I feel good because I have been working on this stuff before, I feel bad because
>I dropped it because I didn't use that last small refinement Ed explains. Well,
>given 20 years I would have found it (maybe)
>
>BTW Ed, I send you a personal mail. ( from the webpage)

I would guess the sign should be changed:
score + threat + margin < alpha --> reduce depth



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