Author: Albert Silver
Date: 12:41:17 07/20/04
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On July 20, 2004 at 11:23:30, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>There was a bug. The "time_limit" variable is not correctly set before calling
>Preevaluate(). However, since you are using very slow hardware, this time limit
>would be wrong if it were correctly set. I've removed the limit check so that
>this is always done, which will cure this. No idea why the limit check was even
>in there in the first place, except to let it determine for itself whether the
>capture is safe, given enough time and good hardware.
I can't say this makes things clear to me at all. It might explain why the hxg5
was played in his game, but what about in infinite analysis? Wouldn't it stop
playing hxg5 at *some* point? Koch's analysis suggests it doesn't.
Albert
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