Author: Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso
Date: 00:50:21 07/07/05
Hi, I'd like your opinion on a modification to the first reduction explained on your webpage. The reduction reduces a full ply if we are behind alpha by a certain amount. Also you make sure you aply this only once in every possible line in the tree. What I propose is instead of a full ply reduction to reduce say 1/16th of a ply and alow it to kick in more than once in every line in the tree. If we do it like you explain and we are at a line with a sacrifice the engine will reduce a full ply and might not get it. But if we do it like I explained we still make a reduction on a line with a sacrifice but it will be a 1/16th reduction and the engine might see the sacrifice is sound. Now I could be wrong, that's why I would like your thoughts on this. Note: I know you use 1/4 of a ply as the smallest fraction possible to do reductions/extensions, so you might need to expand this to 1/16th or higher. Best regards, Alvaro Cardoso
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