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Subject: Re: Unexpected problem with futility pruning ? Anymore opinions ?

Author: Frank Phillips

Date: 05:50:07 12/31/03

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On December 31, 2003 at 07:22:41, José Carlos wrote:


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>
>  As suggested in other post, you can simply return alpha then. I do it
>differently, I always try the first move (according to my move ordering), and
>allow pruning all the others.
>
>  José C.

Yes I have tried that too.  Do you get a net benefit from this Heinz-style
pruning?  I keep coming back to it (in various adaptations), but it never seems
more than 'a wash' as Bob might say.



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