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Subject: Re: Found another small bug in TSCP

Author: Michel Langeveld

Date: 09:05:45 01/16/04

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On January 16, 2004 at 03:20:59, Richard Pijl wrote:

>I wouldn't call this a bug, and I doubt it is really an improvement. How many
>positions did you test after this change? In fact you're reducing the increment
>to the history counter on the deeper search.
>Beta cutoffs in a deeper search should have a much bigger impact in moveordering
>than shallow searches.
>Another thing you can try is to use 'depth*depth' instead of 'depth' to
>increment history with.
>Richard.

Hi Richard,

I tested 2 positions. Not a big deal but better as nothing.

Depth * depth improves the starting position and made the tactical shot a tiny
but slower (not in time). I think keep it in. Thanks a lot Richard!

STARTING

//with +=depth
 8*    684   1054485     -7  i1h3 d7d6 d2d4 b8c6 b1c3 c8f5 c1f4 i8h6
 9*   2601   4191174     -2  i1h3 d7d6 d2d4 i8h6 b1c3 c8f5 c1f4 b8c6 h3g5
10*   9640  14861438     -7  b1c3 d7d6 d2d4 b8c6 i1h3 i8h6 c1f4 c8f5 h3g5 h6g4

//with +=depth * depth
 8*    665   1041380     -7  i1h3 d7d6 d2d4 b8c6 b1c3 c8f5 c1f4 i8h6
 9*   2581   4177903     -2  i1h3 d7d6 d2d4 i8h6 b1c3 c8f5 c1f4 b8c6 h3g5
10*   8568  13334621     -3  i1h3 d7d5 d2d4 i8h6 b1c3 c8f5 c1f4 b8a6 h3g5 h6g4

//with += depth + ext (=original TSCP)
 8*    701   1099674     -7  i1h3 d7d6 d2d4 b8c6 b1c3 c8f5 c1f4 i8h6
 9*   2340   3745971     -1  b1c3 d7d6 d2d4 i8h6 i1j3 c8g4 c1f4 h6f5 c3e4
10*   9312  14536895     -3  b1c3 d7d5 d2d4 i8h6 i1h3 c8f5 c1f4 b8a6 h3g5 h6g4

TACTICAL

//with += depth
6*     37     61106  -9990  i3j3 h5h4 d1j7 i8j7 j3i4 g2i2 i4h5 c8e8 h5g5 i2i6

//with += depth * depth
6*     37     61374  -9990  i3j3 h5h4 d1j7 i8j7 j3i4 g2i2 i4h5 c8e8 h5g5 i2i6

//with += (depth + ext) (=original TSCP)
6*     37     63690  -9990  i3j3 h5h4 d1j7 i8j7 j3i4 g2i2 i4h5 c8e8 h5g5 i2i6



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