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Subject: Re: Improving the endgame of my engine

Author: Tom Likens

Date: 05:40:16 04/09/04

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On April 09, 2004 at 08:02:57, Tord Romstad wrote:

<--snip-->

>And by the way, what I said applies to all the engines which are weaker than
>mine as
>well.  Like me, they would do well to concentrate on other tasks than low-level
>optimization.  If it's really true that my engine is stronger than 90% of the
>others,
>one of the reasons is that a significant fraction of those 90% thinks that the
>major factor which determines the strength of an engine is the speed of the move
>generator (I'm exaggerating a bit, but not very much).
>
>Tord

Moreland made the (paraphased) comment one time that, "...some people would
drive a railroad spike through their forehead for a 10% increase in search
speed."

I still think that holds true.

--tom



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