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Subject: Re: Has Crafty Classic 2004 an new type of extension?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 15:28:13 11/21/04

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On November 20, 2004 at 16:45:39, Thomas Gaksch wrote:

>Hello,
>Crafty Classic 2004 seems to plays stronger than Crafty 19.17. If you list the
>extensions there is an new one called "start depth extension". Does anybody know
>what this extension is doing? Or what is the secret of this stronger version?
>
>Thomas


That is probably just a "pre-load" on the extensions.  IE at ply 1, you can add
.75 to the depth without changing anything.  Except that the first fractional
extension will now round to over a ply.  IE if you start depth at 1.00, a .75
extension doesn't do anything, until another .75 extension is added, then the
extension is 1 ply with that .5 carried over until the next .75 is added.  If
you start at 1.75, the first three .75 extensions actually extend, the 4th does
not, then the next 3 do, the next doesn't, etc...




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