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Subject: Re: Is there any chess program which doesn't use minimax algorithm?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:03:18 04/28/05

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On April 28, 2005 at 13:33:58, Kevin K wrote:

>Is there any chess program which doesn't use minimax algorithm?

Most programs use either PVS or MTD(f) while a few are simple alpha-beta
searchers.

You could consider these as superior variants of minimax.

>And is there any chess program which use minimax algorithm but not using
>alpha beta cutoff?

Yes, and it's not a pretty sight.

• Re: Is there any chess program which doesn't use minimax algorithm? Kevin K 12:15:37 04/28/05
  • Re: Is there any chess program which doesn't use minimax algorithm? Christos Gitsis 13:48:02 04/28/05
    • Re: Is there any chess program which doesn't use minimax algorithm? Pallav Nawani 15:00:34 04/28/05
      • Re: Is there any chess program which doesn't use minimax algorithm? Steven Edwards 20:41:43 04/28/05
  • Re: Is there any chess program which doesn't use minimax algorithm? Dann Corbit 12:37:50 04/28/05
    • Re: Is there any chess program which doesn't use minimax algorithm? Roger D Davis 13:19:11 04/28/05
      • Re: Is there any chess program which doesn't use minimax algorithm? Jay Scott 13:21:34 04/28/05
        • Re: Is there any chess program which doesn't use minimax algorithm? Dann Corbit 14:19:37 04/28/05

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