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Subject: Re: root move ordering

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 01:14:15 09/23/04

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On September 23, 2004 at 04:10:18, martin fierz wrote:

>[snip]
>
>>There is _no_ overhead.  It is done only at the root, once per iteration.  For a
>>12 ply search, a total of 12 times.  That won't use measurable CPU time.  The
>>point is that root move ordering is critical for efficiency..
>
>exactly how critical for efficiency would you believe it to be?

Depends on the bestmove. If that is constant, it's less important than after a
rootfaillow.

Tony

>
>cheers
>  martin



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