Author: Matthias Gemuh
Date: 07:48:52 12/02/04
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On December 02, 2004 at 04:26:33, Uri Blass wrote: >On December 02, 2004 at 04:04:32, Matthias Gemuh wrote: > >>On December 02, 2004 at 01:30:32, Jouni Uski wrote: >> >>>It surprises me a lot, that both Fritz Bilbao and Gandalf 6 show often selective >>>search depth of 50 plys or more. And this happens with short time controls about >>>10 sec for move! How is this possible, when it's not tablebase or forced >>>checking position? >>> >>>At least we humans have no chance anymore against these monsters... >>> >>>Jouni >> >> >> >>My BigLion also frequently hits 60 plys in 1 sec. Many engines do it. >> >>Matthias. > >frequently. > >I do not think that many engines do it. > >Based on the level of your engine maybe it is one of it's problems. >Maybe if you limit it to 40 plies by returning the static evaluation after 40 >plies you will see improvement in playing strength. > >Today the maximal depth of movei is 100 plies but >I guess that the difference in playing strength will be small if I limit movei >to 40 plies and I will be surprised if it is going to be weaker by more than 30 >elo. > >Maybe it is even going to be stronger thanks to avoiding some stupid extensions. > >Uri My future versions shall still extend to 60, but not frequently. I enjoy seeing a mate in 25 at ply 1 ;). Yes, playing strength suffers. /Matthias.
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