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Subject: Re: move now....

Author: Bert van den Bosch

Date: 12:40:43 03/14/04

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On March 14, 2004 at 12:31:49, Michel Langeveld wrote:

>On March 14, 2004 at 06:58:50, Bert van den Bosch wrote:
>
>>I was wondering when you can decide to make a move which was computed at a ply n
>>alpha beta, knowing that a 'move now' came while searching an n-ply alpha beta.
>>You can also make the move computed at ply n-1 (the previous alpha beta tree in
>>the iterative deepening proces), but I guess sometimes you have found a pretty
>>nice move at the ply n tree. Is it a matter of taste?
>>
>>greetings Bert
>
>If the 2nd move is stronger as the first move when search N ply I update the
>move to play. If time is finished and ply N is not totally calculated to the end
>it knows that the 2nd move is the strongest one.


But this second move can be a bad move, maybe with some bad luck losing a queen
or so, while the move at ply n-1 doesn't.



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