Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 21:43:45 03/17/03
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On March 18, 2003 at 00:16:19, Nathan Thom wrote: [snip] >I guess my main concern is searching the previous pv and finding it's actually >alot worse than realised, then timing out later on after having not found >anything better than the pv. You are going to lose anyway, if it is a big fail-low. Might as well search until the cows come home or you find something better. >My guess is that there is a better move out there somewhere than the new pv, but >i dont have time to find it. Hopefully there might be a better move. You might also be in a completely lost position. >Is this what people are suggesting to trigger a >time extension? I guess thats a whole other ball game to do with time >controls... If you have a big fail-low, it is time for desperate measures. If you lose a full piece, better search as long as you are able. Even a one pawn loss is incredibly damaging when playing against a computer.
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