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Subject: Re: Q: Singular extensions

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:29:27 01/06/04

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On January 06, 2004 at 12:49:05, Steve Maughan wrote:

>Zach,
>
>Interesting - is there an PDF file I can download with this info?
>
>>The way Hsu described it was along the PV,
>
>i.e. where beta > alpha + 1 in a PVS search
>
>>you search all moves like normal, and
>>you have two values containing the best and second best scores, and after all
>>moves are searched, if the best score is more than the second by a certain
>>margin, then research the best move with a deeper depth.
>
>even when the bestscore <= alpha?  Surely not when bestscore >= beta?

He defined SE for PV and CUT nodes.  IE the nodes where you search for a
true score, and the nodes where you hope one move only will fail high and
produce a quick cutoff.  ALL nodes have no useful SE definition.

>
>Regards,
>
>Steve



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