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Subject: Re: My solution

Author: John Coffey

Date: 19:04:35 01/16/99

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On January 16, 1999 at 17:07:12, Jeff Anderson wrote:

>You can always set how many ply your program searches.  This would be an
>effective handicap.
>Jeff


Not really.  You can end up with a program that plays a strong middle game
but a very weak endgame.  The most effective limiting factor has to do with
having the computer think at time controls faster than what can be set i.e.
a fraction of a second per move.

John Coffey



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