Author: Amir Ban
Date: 15:41:13 01/24/99
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On January 24, 1999 at 17:31:15, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: >I contacted a technical advisor from Saitek in Hong Kong who assured me that >Brute Force was superior to Selective Search. His reason was that Brute Force >searches more extensively and therefore minimizes the risk of an occasional >oversight. Apparently the Selective Search is quicker but not as thorough. This can't be right in this day and age. Does Brute Force even exist any more, other than in the initial implementations of amateurs ? I estimate that by making a decision to be brute-force (no forward pruning, no extensions), you lose around 300-400 rating points to start with, meaning that you won't score more than 15% or so against a strong program. So, >from this I would assume that IM Larry Feldman was wrong or misinformed. It is a >shame that he has not responded to my query. However, it does appear he was not >correct in what was stated in his review. What statement does this refer to ? Perhaps you mean IM Larry Kaufman ? Amir
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