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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