Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 06:05:09 08/19/03
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On August 19, 2003 at 07:20:27, Steve Maughan wrote: >Omid, > >>I was wondering, wouldn't it be better to write an SEE which neglects backed- >>up attacks, and not use it for pruning? This way it yields a good move >>ordering at no cost (e.g., using Ed's attack tables), and isn't liable to >>risks of pruning. > >If you read Ed's page you'll see that Ed's method accounts for x-ray threats and >is probably (almost certainly) more costly than SEE. The reason Ed makes it >work is that he's using the information for other reasons as well. Well, I use them for king safety too. The problem is that it is too costly to calculate the attack board at each node, and I still haven't found a good way to update them dynamically. > >Regards, > >Steve
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