Author: macaroni
Date: 03:29:03 09/18/03
How much searchdepth is it worth giving up for a stronger evaluation function? I often find, that while my program is playing GNUCHESS, or AnMon, both the other computers give a reasonable + score in a position in which neither side is up a pawn (and neither side will be in the ply 8 searches they are managing). My almost entirly tactically based program gives a slightly worse score, and loses 20 moves later (the position being dead lost the whole way). But lets say, I code a much better eval function, and as a result, lose about 1 ply. Is it worth it? or does the extra ply really count heaps. [D]2r5/1b2k1p1/p2pp2p/4n3/1pP1P3/8/P1PNB1PP/2K2R2 b - - 0 22
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