Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:39:18 10/08/03
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On October 08, 2003 at 09:06:37, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 08, 2003 at 08:59:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 08, 2003 at 08:02:48, macaroni wrote: >> >>>I recently noticed this piece of analasys from YACE I think it was. All good. >>>But why does it have several depth 5's and depth 6's marked (and many other >>>plys)? and the first depth 5 search has a 10 ply pv?! A fair few engines seem to >>>use this system, can anyone explain? >>> >> >>5 plies means all lines are searched to at _least_ 5 half-moves deep. >>Extensions can drive the search even deeper. > >pruning also means that some lines are not searched to 5 half moves deep. > >Uri Right, but that won't make the PV shorter, like extensions will make it longer.
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