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Subject: Re: How much ply should FINE #60 be solved?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 13:46:57 07/02/03

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On July 02, 2003 at 12:47:00, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On July 02, 2003 at 08:33:36, Michel Langeveld wrote:
>
>>Does a (bugfree) program need 26 ply, 18 ply, or different to see that this
>>position is > 2. (normal plies, no pawn, singulair extensions).
>>
>>I think a normal ply searcher needs more as 18 ply to see in all variations that
>>the f5 or b6 goes off the board.
>>
>>How much ply does your program need?
>>
>>[D]8/k7/3p4/p2P1p2/P2P1P2/8/8/K7 w - -
>
>I believe you need 26 ply without a hash table, and 18 ply with a correctly
>working hash table. This position is usually used to test whether or not your
>hash table is working correctly.

I believe that you cannot say how much plies a program needs without knowing the
extension and pruning rules that it is using.

Uri




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