How much of an improvement could I expect to get with better ordering? I'm currently ordering PV move, then captures, then history heuristic. I've already got R=2 null move.
I've seen the LMR implementation in stockfish; Wouldn't this possibly compromise tactics?
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- Wed Jun 15, 2016 4:01 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: Programming and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Improving search speed.
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- Forum: Computer Chess Club: Programming and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Improving search speed.
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Improving search speed.
I'm completely new to the chess engine scene, and I'm currently writing my first one. I've completed a bitboard move generator, and alpha-beta PVS search for my engine. Everything works and appears to be bug-free, and I'm getting around 2 million nodes per second (single thread i7 4790k). My evaluat...