Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 17:52:28 01/25/00
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On January 25, 2000 at 17:29:15, blass uri wrote:
>On January 25, 2000 at 13:31:01, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On January 24, 2000 at 15:50:15, blass uri wrote:
>>
>>>On January 24, 2000 at 15:34:39, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 24, 2000 at 09:10:12, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>>I suspect that one commercial program is doing no capture search, but may be
>>>>>using a static exchange evaluator to prevent the last move in a PV from
>>>>>being an outright blunder. Seems to be working. No names to protect the
>>>>>guilty, however. :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I'm really curious about this. Using a SEE to "close" the search is in my
>>>>opinion a beginner's mistake (no offense intended).
>>>>
>>>>It's the first thing I have done myself when I started programming chess, and I
>>>>suspect many of us have followed the same path.
>>>>
>>>>But if somebody tells me it really works, then I have, once again, to reconsider
>>>>seriously all I know about chess programming.
>>>>
>>>>It's not new anyway. Every now and then I realize how little I know. That's part
>>>>of the fun.
>>>
>>>The program hyatt talk about is probably Junior.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>
>>Really???
>>
>>Why do you think it's Junior?
>>
>>Junior is said to have a huge NPS. Using a SEE at the end of the tree (in every
>>node actually) is supposed to drop your NPS considerably...
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>I remember that amir ban said in the past that he does not think that Qsearch is
>a good idea.
>
>I also remember that there was a position that proved it when Junior never did a
>mistake at small depths that other programs did because of Qsearch.
>
>Uri
OK. I hope Amir reads this and can say if it is correct.
I am surprised, but I like to be surprised this way.
Christophe
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