Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:45:51 12/15/99
Go up one level in this thread
On December 15, 1999 at 08:30:36, James T. Walker wrote: [snip] >This sounds good to me but isn't it true that if you sort your moves so you >search the most promising moves first then a 15.5 ply search may be just as good >as a 16 ply searcch. That is, the moves at the end of the list are usually just >"Give away" moves or wild sac's. I'm obviously not a programmer so excuse my >ignorance on the subject. You make a good point. I think you may still have some advantage. However, at some point, you will hit the wall on the first move of the next ply. It's exponential, after all.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.