Author: Eric Oldre
Date: 22:37:40 06/28/05
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On June 28, 2005 at 21:08:58, Tor Alexander Lattimore wrote: >Didn't Moreland suggest that it might be a good idea to ponder for as long as >you would normally think on a move, then move to other possible moves. I don't >know of any program that does this since it seems like a bit of a pain to code >and probably very small gains, but it might be good idea? >Cheers >Tor If your 1st prediction about which move your opponent makes is correct, and you spend 1/2 your time thinking about that move, then 1/2 your time thinking of some other move, then the 1/2 part of your search your program will spend wrecking all the valuable hash table entries that your program worked on during the 1st part. Not all of them. but enough of them to weaken your results i'd think. Eric
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