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Subject: Re: Search extention

Author: Pallav Nawani

Date: 09:52:55 12/24/04

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On December 23, 2004 at 14:03:34, Uri Blass wrote:

>On December 23, 2004 at 13:12:45, Pallav Nawani wrote:
>
>>On December 23, 2004 at 06:25:20, Uri Zlatnik wrote:
>>
>>>How is the search extension of a software improved? Does this have to do with
>>>alpha-beta pruning methods?
>>
>>I am not sure what you mean here, so I'll pass this one.
>>
>>>For example CM 10th edition (the King engine) has longer search extension than
>>>Fritz 8 but it doesn't always find the best move.
>>
>>Search extensions are mainy good for tactical moves. If a positional move is the
>>best one, then evaluation is also of importance. Also, no engine can always find
>>the best move!
>
>The position that Uri Zlatnik posted was only about tactics and not about
>positional moves.
>
>Uri

Well, maybe he was talking about some tactical position in some other thread,
but I haven't read that one, and he did not specify any position here.




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