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Subject: Re: Nolot test fun!

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 10:04:47 01/12/00

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On January 12, 2000 at 03:25:03, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On January 11, 2000 at 12:43:13, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>Let's have another thread about the Nolot positions.
>>
>>Here are my results as of now:
>>
>>   DT     Ferret
>>          4x450
>>   ------ ------
>>1  6hr
>>2  2min   31sec
>
>That's really fast...
>I've had a lot of trouble getting Crafty to find this one, though not for lack
>of editing the source. :)  I'm wondering what sorts of things must one evaluate
>to find this, or does it have a lot to do with depth?  The branching factor for
>Crafty seems to be quite high in this position compared to most others, so it
>takes several minutes to even get to ply 10 on my PII-300.
>Thanks. :)

It is found with brute horsepower.  I'm using a big machine, and my extensions
work well in that position.  The first time I tried it, on either a P5/100, a
P5/133, or a P6/200, I can't remember which, it took 24 hours to find that.

bruce




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