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Subject: Re: Evaluation at start versus eval at node. Why not mix them?

Author: James Robertson

Date: 11:47:46 06/12/99

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On June 12, 1999 at 14:10:38, KarinsDad wrote:

>On June 12, 1999 at 13:39:21, James Robertson wrote:
>
>[snip]
>>
>>Anyway, if a human has a NPS of 3 (or in my case .2), doing a full eval doesn't
>>really reduce the number of positions one could look at. :)
>>
>
>Please explain this sentence. I didn't quite follow how this applies to a full
>or partial eval for a program.
>
>Thanks,
>
>KarinsDad :)

Torstein responded to another post that doing a full eval at the root and then
partial evals higher up the tree was a more human way to search/score a
position.

I responded that if a human is only searching 3 positions a second, it does not
really matter if you do a full or partial eval. I spend most of my time trying
to decide what are legal moves, not evaling. :)

James



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