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Subject: Re: On a side note

Author: Roman Hartmann

Date: 06:31:31 02/04/06

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On February 04, 2006 at 07:40:23, David B Weller wrote:

>Hi Bernd,
>
>Every once and a while, I like to see my engine scream out some ply in search,
>so I replace eval with a material only eval.
>
>It goes fast for the opening but soon gets so completely lost, it doesnt do any
>better than with full eval [speed wise, I mean]

Funny for me it's just about the opposite. Everytime I add some simple eval
which does more than just count material and evaluate squares my engine starts
to play worse.

Roman

>Your 'vanilla' eval, is really even less than 'vanilla' really, and it will
>seriously effect everything you do
>
>Just a 'tid-bit' you may find useful.
>
>-David
>
>BTW - the trend seems to be more and more toward knowledge ...



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