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Subject: Re: More Information

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 21:43:51 09/16/99

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On September 16, 1999 at 23:28:18, Dan Homan wrote:

>
>Ok,  I did some systematic tests tonight and my claims were
>definitely exagerrated.  The improvement was only slight when
>averaged over a large number of problems (WAC+BK).  I do get
>more WAC problems solved at 5 sec per move, but that turned out
>to be a few problems going from 5.something to 4.something
>seconds.  The greater search depths must have been largely a
>figment of my imagination... I can't reproduce it for the life
>of me and am rather embarrassed about reporting such a thing.
>
>As a scientist I make a habit of being very careful when making
>claims in public, but apparently I am not so careful as
>a hobbiest.  :)
>
>I am very sorry for the excitement I stirred up.  Move ordering
>at the root (after the best move) doesn't really seem to
>matter very much.
>
> - Dan

Jeez, Dan, so you're human.  This is not supposed to be the ICCAJ, after all.
We all post stuff to see what reaction will occur; we don't have a review
committee here!

Keep it coming.  And I look forward to the new EXchess.

Will



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