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Subject: Re: Best Algorithm Variation

Author: Stefano Gemma

Date: 06:58:07 04/28/04

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On April 27, 2004 at 06:30:26, Thorsten Greiner wrote:

>On April 27, 2004 at 05:02:11, Stefano Gemma wrote:
>
>>Yes, i already use move ordering and iterative deepening. In my old programs i
>>had used killer moves. In the new one, i'm trying something new (genetical
>>algorithm etc).
>
>Using killer moves can improve your move ordering, but I do not expect it to
>give a large performance boost. If you want to single out a technique it is
>definitely null move which will drastically improve (i.e. lower) the branching
>factor in your search tree, thus allowing deeper searches.

Thanks to all. I think that i could start from NM, because it is very simple to
implement.

Another thing i have to add is quiescent search, because i'm still working with
a fixed depth.

Ciao!!!

Stefano Gemma



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