Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 06:49:30 12/04/03
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On December 04, 2003 at 09:38:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 03, 2003 at 19:14:36, James T. Walker wrote: > >>I also have a question about Crafty 19.6. Why is it such a poor Blitz player? >>It seems strong at long time controls but still loses to Fritz 5.32 at Blitz. >>Is there something in the search that only works at deeper depths than usually >>reached at blitz? On my XP2400+ Crafty usually hits 9 ply minimum and 10-12 is >>normal most of the time (G/5min). >>Jim > > >One thing is the q-search. Shallower searches give null-move a better >opportunity to hide a key tactic. That's bad, right? >At longer depths, this gets pushed >farther out into the tree, where it goes beyond what is "forced" and into >what is "optional" in the real game, most of the time. Is this why Hsu opted for full-width, since he had the "power" to take that to an acceptable depth? And this was perhaps one of his "advantages" over a null-mover? Matt
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