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Subject: Re: Analysis no. of moves displayed

Author: chandler yergin

Date: 01:57:15 04/11/05

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On April 10, 2005 at 16:08:42, James Constance wrote:

>Why do engines sometimes display long lines and sometimes short lines?

Try maximizing the search Window.

 For
>instance if an engine is analyzing a position at 12 ply it might display a best
>line 12 moves long,

It can't! 12 Ply is 6 moves for both sides, that's all it can show.



and then when it sees an improvement it might just display
>the first 3 ply.  Hasn't it made up its mind?  Or if the engine (junior in
>particular) is at 16+ ply it might display only the first 2 ply in its analysis.
>
>Puzzled!

Do you have a Manual?
It explains in great detail what you are looking at and the meaning of it.



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