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Subject: Re: Crafty 15.14 - 150k NPS?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:20:02 11/10/98

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On November 10, 1998 at 18:12:50, jonathan Baxter wrote:

>On November 10, 1998 at 08:07:52, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>
>>You are comparing apples and oranges...  Crafty does a full endpoint evaluation
>>in the tree.  The "fast" programs do mainly incremental evaluations plus
>>piece/square tables set at the root, and then minimax evaluation done at the
>>tips of the tree.
>
>
>What do you mean by "minimax evaluation done at the tips of the tree."
>
>Jon


Sorry, meant "minimal evaluation"...  IE the incremental stuff updated by make/
unmake, plus the piece square stuff set at the root, plus a few things at the
endpoints...  good for speed...  but accuracy can be a problem...



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