Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 03:21:17 01/27/05
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On January 27, 2005 at 05:54:20, Dr. Axel Steinhage wrote: >On January 27, 2005 at 05:44:21, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>Do those of you who successfully use singular extensions employ some technique >>to avoid triggering the extension in the type of situation described above? >> >>Tord > >I don't do it yet, as my first thoughts went into the detection of the >singularity. I have not yet finally decided how to extend when a singular move >has been found. So far I just stupidly add a full ply in my fractional >extensions-scheme. But this has to be changed, of course. Especially when you >have other extension techniques such as "one reply extensions". Then you MUST >take care, that these extensions do not overlap with the general SE. Otherwise >you give, for instance, two plies for only one reason. Most of us do not allow an extension of more than a full ply at a single node. If a move is extended for more than one reason, the different extensions are added together, but if the sum exceeds a full ply we reduce it back down to exactly one ply. Tord
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