Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 17:53:26 04/13/04
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On April 13, 2004 at 15:31:08, Russell Reagan wrote: >On April 13, 2004 at 11:24:22, Vasik Rajlich wrote: > >>1) ultra-high NPS, brute force (ie null move, some stuff at & below tips) >>2) ultra-high NPS, selective >>3) moderate NPS, ultra-selective > >What is different between 1) and 2)? I always thought that null-move was a form >of selective search. Here by "brute force" I meant brute force including some selectivity modifications which clearly enhance it: 1) null move 2) some form of possible further search at depth == 0 3) possibly some selectivity at depth == 1, maybe 2 4) possibly some primitive extensions (check, maybe pawn push in endgame) Ok, it's not really brute force, but it's the closest thing to brute force which makes sense. In contrast to something which is truly selective ... Vas
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