Hrafn Eiriksson´s contribution to chess

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Norbert Raimund Leisner
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Hrafn Eiriksson´s contribution to chess

Post by Norbert Raimund Leisner »

Hello,

http://skemman.is/en/stream/get/1946/91 ... report.pdf
is from Reykjavik University.

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Steve Maughan
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Re: Hrafn Eiriksson´s contribution to chess

Post by Steve Maughan »

It's an interesting idea. However, beta cutoffs are generally quite efficient due to null move (which the author acknowledges). So I wouldn't expect a great reduction in tree size and hence little improvement to strength even if it works.

But interesting none-the-less,

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Re: Hrafn Eiriksson´s contribution to chess

Post by mcostalba »

Interesting paper, perhaps (re)posting on programmers subforum would be more appropriate, at least there would be a bigger chance people understands the topic :-)