Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:53:03 09/03/04
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On September 03, 2004 at 12:49:50, Uri Blass wrote: >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" Of course he says it only about today programs and here is his post: http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?385789 Uri
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