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Subject: Re: Pro Deo in Arena

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 09:49:50 09/03/04

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On September 03, 2004 at 12:38:48, Uri Blass wrote:

>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

and here are Ed's exact words

"there is very little to gain with SEARCH"



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