Re: [Bug-gnubg] [Fwd: gnubg search function]

[Jim Segrave]

On Thu 27 Mar 2003 (10:03 -0300), Albert Silver wrote:
> Is this something of your invention or are did you find a way to adapt
> one of the many documented search techniques used in chess engines? Just
> curious. In any case if it really works we may actually see GNU
> *playing* 4-ply. Now that would be amazing.
> 
>                                               Albert

I have a suspicion, but could well be wrong that most of the pruning
techniques used in chess programs aren't going to work so well with
backgammon, because the choice of replies to a move is so conditioned
by the possible rolls. But I'd love to be proved wrong.

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Jim Segrave           address@hidden