Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:54:44 12/15/03
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On December 15, 2003 at 15:48:50, Albert Bertilsson wrote: >On December 15, 2003 at 15:41:27, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On December 15, 2003 at 15:37:01, Albert Bertilsson wrote: >> >>>Hi great counters! >>> >>>Today the project progressed some 20%, dispite being in the toughest phase, from >>>now on I guess it is downhill! Hopefully the project will be completed in two >>>days. >>> >>>Of yesterdays new participants sfarrel (Scott Farell) proved to be a rocket, >>>already has he completed close to 200 problems. >>> >>>A warm welcome to those who are new and as a note to Benny, you do know how to >>>pick your problems (just completed monster problem that took a freaky 15 hours!) >>> >>>As the project have more participants it is getting a very nice pace, not as >>>dependent on a few particular members any more. Of course even more participants >>>would be nice, to really have a go at perft(12) over the Christmas holiday. >>> >>>So tell your friends to follow this link: >>>http://www.albert.nu/programs/dperft >>> >> >>Suggestion for another project: >>Perform the same perft search, but spit out every checkmate and draw. >>It would be useful theoretically to trim branches of the tree. > >Please explain in further detail what to use it for. I don't know what I might use it for. What I am thinking is that it may close off whole branches of the tree. So I can know (for instance) there is no use analyzing some particular position. It is, for all intents and purposes, dead. >And what should be >outputed. An EPD record. >Are there any draws that early? I am guessing that there are 3-move repeats with the king side open. Some are probably blunders (a draw by ignorance), but some are probably forced (every move is forced by one side).
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