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Subject: Re: What is horizon effect?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 05:40:09 01/30/06

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On January 30, 2006 at 07:49:53, Michael Diosi wrote:

>
>Hello.
>
>I have a few, this one is from Russel/ Norvig : Advances in Artificial
>Intelligence A Modern Approach (page 130)
>[d]8/1p1P4/k1p5/8/8/3PPPPP/r7/7K b - - 0 1
>
>You can see here that black can give a series of checks "pushing" the inevitable
>queening over the horizon. So programs how don't see it will have a positive
>score for black.
>
>
>I can look for more if you want.
>
>MD

This is a bad example

Amir Ban is correct.

The horizon effect is effect that cause the program to play worse move because
it does not see deep enough.

This example is not the horizon effect but only not seeing deep enough.

Uri



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