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Subject: Re: negative forward pruning/ My mistake

Author: Rupesh

Date: 20:58:34 04/15/03

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Oops I am sorry. Shredder does not use negative forward pruning. What it uses is
negative selectivity. And you have answered this question precisely.

Thanks
Amitesh


On April 15, 2003 at 14:26:37, James Constance wrote:

>from the help file
>
>Selectivity
>Specifies how deeply Shredder should follow promising lines. The larger the
>number the deeper the search. But naturally deeper searches also slow down the
>program. The value –1 means the engine will decide on its own how deep to go in
>each line. This depends on the nature of the position.
>
>perhaps similar for forward pruning



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