Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 09:37:53 12/19/98
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On December 19, 1998 at 12:35:32, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On December 19, 1998 at 12:16:28, Matthew Herman wrote: > >>On December 19, 1998 at 11:32:03, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>On December 19, 1998 at 10:58:38, Matthew Herman wrote: >>> >>>>Although amir ban didn't consider this important enough to include in Junior5 >>>>(nothing against him or his program .. its VERY strong), it is useful is certain >>>>positions, albeit very few, but still important.. for instance the famous >>>>endgame study w/ saaevedra .. W: Kc7, pc7 B: ka1 Rd4 .. white mates in 8 with >>>>c8=R!! but junior5 cannot see this because of that limitiation.. obviously >>>>promotion to a R is the ONLY way to win.. as c8=q is met by Rc4+!! and draws.. >>>> >>>>Matt Herman >>>> >>>>I was wondering maybe if Amir could build a small patch that allows junior to >>>>see this? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>Hello Matt, >>>Did you see my post on December 17 about the game Junior lost to Nimzo99a? >>>Re: >>>Junior 5.0 vs Nimzo 99a (Two under promotions) posted by James T. Walker on >>>December 17, 1998 at 11:35:21: >>>Jim Walker >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>Yes I did.. this was basically kind of in response to that. >>Secondly I AM NOT trying to find faults in junior5 or amir ban's style of >>programming. >> >>I didn't do this to assault or criticize him.. and yes Junior is an EXTREMELY >>fast searcher.. frequently getting up to "21 ply" although I heard to get the >>correct approximate of that you have to multiply by 2/3rds .. still 7 moves deep >>is extremely deep as fritz only gets do about 11 ply or 12 in the same amount of >>time.. >> >>Matt > >Does a manual that came with the software say 2/3 then? I had thought it was >counting half-plies. > >Dave Gomboc I should rephrase: I had thought that whatever it is counting is roughly equivalent to a half-ply of search. I am under the impression that it is not exactly counting half-plies. But what's a ply here or there anyway? :-) Dave Gomboc
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