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Subject: Re: Two tactical positions

Author: James Robertson

Date: 02:11:52 11/25/99

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On November 25, 1999 at 03:50:30, Bas Hamstra wrote:

>On November 24, 1999 at 20:16:31, William Bryant wrote:
>
>>On November 24, 1999 at 00:02:37, Jon Dart wrote:
>>
>>[Minor Snip]
>>>
>>>Maybe you've got over-aggressive forward pruning or lazy eval?
>>>(It could be a lot of other things, but these come to mind).
>>>
>>>--Jon
>>
>>Jon,
>>	can I speculate that you _do_not_ do a lazy eval.  I have been trying
>>to get this to work but it actually makes my program weaker.  I suspect that
>>it is because my eval is not complex enought to make lazy eval time effective.
>>
>>You thoughts or comments?
>>
>>William
>>wbryant@ix.netcom.com
>
>I have tried Lazy Eval with different settings and found no big speed
>improvements. IE I never ever saw the 50% speed gain reported by Bob. I have a
>relatively big eval.
>
>Regards,
>Bas Hamstra.

I gain a huge amount through lazy eval, even though my maximum positional score
is around three pawns.

James



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