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Subject: Re: Crafty Analysis - Dr. Hyatt

Author: Steve Lim

Date: 19:31:00 06/18/03

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On June 18, 2003 at 20:12:32, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On June 18, 2003 at 11:30:30, Steve Coladonato wrote:
>
>>Dr. Hyatt,
>>
>>Any chance of Crafty doing backward analysis "instead of/in addition to" forward
>>analysis?  I use the chess engines mainly for game analysis, and overall Crafty
>>tends to give lines that are not sound compared to other engines.  I understand
>>the reasoning behind forward analysis in that it tends to give more consistent
>>results.  But starting at the end of the game, where the outcome is generally
>>known, seems to make sense if you want to cache favorable vs. unfavorable lines.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Steve
>
>
>I started out doing it backward.  But I (and others) didn't like the
>results as it would inconsistently find good moves when the hash didn't
>get clobbered, but there is no guarantee.
>
>I'll look to see if the old code is still around anywhere but I doubt
>it.

Make it an optional toggle! =)

seriously.. it would be great.

steve.



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