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Subject: Re: Why bother with NPS??

Author: Andrew Dados

Date: 08:06:45 09/09/03

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On September 09, 2003 at 09:01:57, Arshad Syed wrote:

>I read in a post here that tweaking NPS a bit here and there wouldn't really
>matter since the node depth wouldn't increase with a marginal increase in NPS.
>The NPS would have to drastically increase in order to increase the depth by a
>level, at depths > 6.
>
>Please give me your opinion on this, since I don't want to be tweaking code
>unnecessarily, especially if it is not going to make a difference.
>
>Thanks,
>Arshad

Suppose your NPS increases by 10%. Now when your time management is weak and
flat, that doesn't mean much, you will maybe find 1-2 new bestmoves in a game,
mabe none.

But in 2 hours/game it means 12 minutes 'more'. So if your program can spot
those interesting places where something happens and extend time there, you can
use those 12 extra minutes for searching 2-3 crucial positions longer by 4-6
minutes each...

-Andrew-



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