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Subject: Re: Is my branching factor normal ?

Author: Angrim

Date: 13:10:37 07/04/04

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On July 04, 2004 at 09:54:16, Mathieu Pagé wrote:

><output>
>MatMoi version: 5.12.2
>Creer par Mathieu Page
>Date: Jun 12 2004 19:36:41
>
>>setboard r3k2r/p1ppqpb1/bn2pnp1/3PN3/1p2P3/2N2Q1p/PPPBBPPP/R3K2R w KQkq - 0 0
>>st 60
>>gonow
>              depth   time  score   variation
>                1     0.02   3.25   e2a6
>                1->   0.13   3.25   e2a6
>                2->   0.30   0.00   e2a6 b4c3
>                3->   0.78   3.25   e2a6 b4c3 f3f6
>                4->   1.31   0.00   e2a6 e6d5 e4d5 b4c3
>                5->   6.78   2.25   e2a6 h3g2 h1g1 b4c3 f3f6
>                6->   8.36  -1.00   e2a6 b4c3 b2c3 e6d5 e5d3 h3g2
>                7     9.31   1.75   d5e6 e7e6 e2a6 e6e5 a6b7 b4c3 b7a8
>                7->  11.67   1.75   d5e6 e7e6 e2a6 e6e5 a6b7 b4c3 b7a8
>                8    18.33  -1.25   e2a6 b4c3 d2c3 h3g2 f3g2 f6g8 d5e6 g7e5
>                8->  29.41  -1.25   e2a6 b4c3 d2c3 h3g2 f3g2 f6g8 d5e6 g7e5
>                9    59.78  11/48   b2b3
>                time: 59.91 n: 42112724 nps: 702980
></output>
>
>   The branching factor between ply 8 and 7 is : 2.52. This is more than 2 but
>not much. between 6 and 5 it is : 1.23 ....
>
>   If this is not normal, I am surprised, because it seem to play well. Not well
>as in strong, but when it play it do not seem to miss anything.
>
>   I hope you wll not tell my I have a bug, cause I won't know where to look.
>
>Mathieu P.

Based on the scores output and the pv listed, you don't have a qsearch.
Without that it is pointless to try and compare your results to those
from a functional engine.

Angrim



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