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Subject: Re: Fritz SSS uses *SSS?

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 09:56:57 05/19/00

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On May 16, 2000 at 02:44:43, Tony Werten wrote:

>On May 15, 2000 at 17:34:12, Bas Hamstra wrote:
>
>>Frans Morsch wouldn't really try alternatives for good old alphabeta, would he?
>>
>>By the way, I read somewhere that someone obtained good results doing alphabeta
>>near the root and best-first minimax near the leaves. Has anyone tried that, or
>>is it nonsense? Doing only best-first MM was apparently too selective.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Bas Hamstra.
>
>As written below, the name SSS has nothing to do with the algoritm Fritz uses.
>Jaap vd Herik just thought it was funny to add this, because of the sponsors and
>the famous algoritm.
>
>When I spoke Frans at the dutch championships he said he was using alfabeta. He
>had tried MTD but didn't get good results.
>
>Tony

So what are the names of the sponsors?

Dave



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