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Subject: Re: What Ply Depths Were Typical at CCT6 [middlegame]?

Author: Andreas Herrmann

Date: 10:45:26 02/02/04

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On February 02, 2004 at 12:54:00, Bob Durrett wrote:

>What Ply Depths Were Typical at CCT6 [middlegame]?
>
>When I do post-mortem analyses at home using one of the top engines, I typically
>get a minimum of 15 ply [assuming the user can believe the data presented to the
>user] and often much higher depths in some positions.
>
>In the CCT6 tournament, however, the games were very fast.  Perhaps 12 ply was
>more typical for CCT6?
>
>Generally, the engines I play with do not find the best moves at 12 ply.  In
>fact, I do not trust 12 ply data at all for analysis.
>
>That surely must make analysis of the CCT6 scoresheets more difficult.
>
>[P4 3 GHz, HASH = 1024 MB]
>
>Bob D.

Hi Bob,

important is not the average root ply an engine reaches. It's much more
important that an engine extends the good lines inside the tree. Like Tord
posted, TheKing is the best example for that.

Andreas




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