Author: Jose Santos
Date: 03:52:40 09/10/03
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Hi, >No it isn't. It's alpha beta. And AB will make the difference between scores >smaller. I know that. >Say there are 2 moves with score>beta ( on a max node). Minimax will always >return the biggest score of the 2. AB might return the smaller one. When this >happens all over the search, the differences become smaller. >If you want to have pure minimax you should remove the 2 break conditions and >not update alpha or beta ( But you will not reach 6 ply in most positions). I posted with Alpha-Beta but I've tested it both with and without the 2 break conditions and it's the same. (in score, but not on speed, of course). So I don't understant the behavior :(
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