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Subject: Re: History Heuristic

Author: David Mitchell

Date: 19:54:09 07/05/04

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On July 05, 2004 at 21:59:38, Tor Lattimore wrote:

>Hi all.
>Is it a good idea to add capture moves to the history heuristic? It seems like
>it possibly might not be, but not sure if it makes a difference. Just as a side
>note, captures would never be put in killers because they get searched soon
>anyway yes?
>Cheers
>Tor
>and good luck to all WCCC entrants.

Captures are usually prioritized before, and separately from, history. If you
feel strongly that your implementation would be more effective, it may be worth
testing. My suspicion is no, it won't work as well as treating them separately.

Dave



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