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Subject: Re: Is my branching factor normal ?

Author: Matthias Gemuh

Date: 00:15:32 07/04/04

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On July 04, 2004 at 02:49:09, Volker Böhm wrote:

>Hi,
>
>it may be normal for the first plys on the starting  position. Depends on your
>eval-function. If it has only material the branching factor could be again less
>than yours, because on the starting position there are very little capture
>moves.
>
>Try a more complex situation. If the branching factor stays below 2 then it is
>not normal for my chess engine.
>
>I like the following position that is often used for perft tests:
>
[D]r3k2r/p1ppqpb1/bn2pnp1/3PN3/1p2P3/2N2Q1p/PPPBBPPP/R3K2R w KQkq
>
>Volker



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