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Subject: Re: About history pruning...

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 12:41:56 10/26/05

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>
>>Do you apply "late move reductions" only at "expected" cut-nodes or on all-nodes
>>as well?
>
>I use them absolutely everywhere, except at the root and when the
>remaining depth is less than 2 plies.  I use late move reductions even
>at PV nodes.  In principle, I want to be more restrictive, but to my
>frustration this always makes my program weaker.  :-(
>

Do you even reduce captures, promotions and checks? Is your only exception the
Botvinik-Markoff-condition?

Joachim



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