Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 03:30:18 12/15/05
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On December 15, 2005 at 02:35:39, Chrilly Donninger wrote: >Its obvious that the evaluation influences the style of a programm. But >interestingly the shape of the search tree has also a significant influence. As >a rule of thumb: The programm prefers lines with larger (sub-)trees. If one >increases a certain extension the chances for such moves to be played increases >(to opposite holds for pruning). >I am certain, that this effect exists, but I do not exactly know the reason. BTW. There is a big risk of confusing cause and effect here. A move can be able to trigger a lot of pruning because it's obviously bad - so it wont ever be played. If the move is tricky, there are chances it turns out to be the best one. -- GCP
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