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Subject: Re: Move ordering metric

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:52:20 11/11/03

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On November 11, 2003 at 10:42:10, José Carlos wrote:

>  So far, when I cutoff due to null move, I do BetaCutoffs++ but not
>BetaCutoffsAtFirst++ so my 100 * BCAF / BC statistic gets lowered. Is there an
>standard for this for I can compare with other people numbers? Should I count a
>null move cutoff as a beta cutoff at first? Should I not do BetaCutoffs++?
>
>  José C.

Don't do anything in that case.  You only care about the ratio of
[cutoffs on first move] : [cutoffs on any but first move].

The higher that ratio the better.



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