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Subject: How deep should I search?

Author: Nobuhiro Yoshimura

Date: 05:47:42 07/12/99


In program with iterative deeping like:
   for( iteration=1; i<MAX_ITERATION; i++ )
        search( alpha, beta);

If we do many search extensions in search(), it will search more deeper than
"iteration".

Is it a good idea to limit the search depth for each iteration ( for example,
maximum depth to be 2*iteration) ,  or  not to limit the search depth.

Which idea is true in general?
   If I limit the search depth,  it will terminate the search-routine soon and
      1)  prabably it will find a right move in next iteration
      2)  prabably it will NOT find a right move in next iteration again.



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