Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:03:55 01/31/00
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On January 31, 2000 at 01:16:06, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >TSCP has searched to a fixed number of ply through version 1.42. > >For the ICC tournament, I added code to allow it to search for a fixed amount of >time instead. (For obvious reasons.) > >This decision has come under fire from people who think it's not appropriate for >a "simple" program. > >I would like to hear some discussion about this before making the new version >public. Is there any Chess program that does not need this function? It seems like a basic necessity for real play. Hash tables, NULL move, all that other stuff is just to make it play better. But without timing control, it can't really be used for anything except goofy games.
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