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Subject: Re: Novice question on reporting of ply count

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:18:36 02/04/05

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On February 04, 2005 at 06:43:24, S J J wrote:

>When a program reports a ply count, is it the number of ply that have the moves
>100% generated without pruning, or the deepest node that is checked with
>extensions, or something different?
>
>Steve


Depends on the program.  Generally accepted practice is to report the number of
plies searched full-width not counting extensions or q-search.  Some programs
(such as Junior) use "ply" in a different way which can be misleading if you
compare plies between two programs.

• Re: Novice question on reporting of ply count Uri Blass 07:50:31 02/04/05
  • Re: Novice question on reporting of ply count Robert Hyatt 09:07:34 02/04/05
    • Re: Novice question on reporting of ply count Uri Blass 09:51:27 02/04/05
      • Re: Novice question on reporting of ply count Robert Hyatt 15:08:41 02/04/05
• Re: Novice question on reporting of ply count S J J 07:32:19 02/04/05
  • Re: Novice question on reporting of ply count Robert Hyatt 09:08:38 02/04/05

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