Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 13:55:04 08/24/05
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On August 24, 2005 at 15:30:09, Tord Romstad wrote: >On August 24, 2005 at 12:34:41, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>You ask if it's already in direction of cloning if you copy Alpha-Beta. I say >>yes. But that alone wouldn't allow the verdict clone but it's a beginning. If >>then the next 14 features are simply added without own creativity then it's >>cloning. > >Well, let me see ... > >I use: > >1. Null move pruning >2. Zobrist hashing >3. Static exchange evaluation >4. Pawn hash table >5. Futility pruning >6. Killer moves >7. History heuristic >8. PVS >9. Mailbox move generation >10. Check extensions >11. Single reply extensions >12. KPK bitbase >13. Piece square tables >14. Iterative deepening > >I could easily make the list longer, but I have already reached the magic >number of 14. I have a clone. > >Tord I dont know why you become so aggressive. I saw a photograph from you in Mainz and I thought, why the guy is always so aggressive towards me since 1997, he looks so peaceful. Something is wrong here. 14 certainly wasn't meaningful, it was thought to be just a high number. But ok, you answered at least. - Now my question: what afterall did you invent yourself in computerchess programming? And second question: why - after all these copies - is your program not among the winning ones at tournaments? Please answer without the usual hatred please. I thank you in advance.
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