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Subject: Re: reaching higher search depths with a 'reverse tree'

Author: Roman Hartmann

Date: 13:14:06 12/27/05

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On December 27, 2005 at 14:01:47, Stuart Cracraft wrote:

>The issue with this seems to be how you would possibly make the leap from
>the program's current position to a bunch of "possible mates" without search
>in order to then verify it with a mate search.
>
>That jump is a huge leap in A.I. and *it has not been made* - i.e. for any
>given position, draw up a set of possible mate positions.
>
>Grandmasters can do what you describe but I don't think even Dave Wilkins
>Paradise program did things like that.
>
>Of course, if you make a huge advance, let us know about it - I don't
>think I am horribly wrong on this assessment though.
>
>Stuart

Thanks for your comment. I'm aware that while the idea is simple to put in words
isn't easy to implement into a chess engine. Maybe it's not possible at all.
Just thought someone might have tried something like that before. I will keep
the idea in the back of my mind an might give it a try at the right time.

Roman



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