One thing I've noticed is that nearly every engine includes a "seldepth" parameter when displaying search info. For example:
What does this mean?
What is seldepth?
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konsolas
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What is seldepth?
I've recently started writing my own chess engine, and as a result I've been checking out several other engines to see how the work.
One thing I've noticed is that nearly every engine includes a "seldepth" parameter when displaying search info. For example:
What does this mean?
One thing I've noticed is that nearly every engine includes a "seldepth" parameter when displaying search info. For example:
What does this mean?
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elcabesa
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Re: What is seldepth?
the depth is the depth you are searching, but in the search some path are searched deeper or shallower. Seldepth is the max depth reached in the search.
For some engine it's calc only for PV nodes, some other calc it over the full tree.
For some engine it's calc only for PV nodes, some other calc it over the full tree.