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Subject: Re: Fruit 2 and endgame play

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 07:20:58 01/13/05

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On January 12, 2005 at 13:52:16, Dann Corbit wrote:

>I think it wise to test at least the pv also, when the pv has 5 men or less in
>it.  Even if it is 100 plies long, that is only 100 probes and completely
>insignificant for time.

What would you do with the info? Say search/eval shows score +3.2; the PV goes
to TB and says draw? I don't see anything one could do here - it is too late. It
is also likely, that if you remembered that position that gave you the 3.2
score, and you hardcoded it for a 0.0 score, you'd get some slightly different
PV, again with a 3.x score. Perhaps again leading to a TB draw, perhaps to a
win. You'd only know it, if you'd probed during search.

BTW, It is only one probe, because only the first time your reach a TB-position
in the PV is interesting.

Regards,
Dieter



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