Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:38:48 09/03/04
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On September 03, 2004 at 12:28:03, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On September 03, 2004 at 11:52:57, Peter Berger wrote: > >>On September 03, 2004 at 11:40:21, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >> >>>>Tell your friend he is wrong, nowadays there is very little to gain with SEARCH >>>>(in comp-comp) because even nowadays so-called amateur programs are real good in >>>>that. Today the top programs win their games because of better chess knowledge, >>>>this shift started 2-3 years ago. >>>> >>>>My best, >>>> >>>>Ed >>> >>> This is of course well known to all experts in the chess >>> computerworld >> >>Really? I was under the impression that several experts thought that Shredder's >>main advantage compaired to other top programs was its highly selective search, >>including some of the programmers of these other top programs. > > Hi Peter > Of course can the search of programs still be improved > but FQ spoke of "more tactic" and I understood Ed that > to improve this would no longer be the main purpose of > the programmers with their top engines. > Kurt I think of more tactics as result of bigger depth because of pruning and it means also seeing deeper in positional lines. I understood that Ed suggested that better evaluation is important today and not better search. Uri
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