Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To M Winther wrote on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 01:23 PM EDT:No, I am discussing AI here, but you seem indoctrinated with the brute force search algorithm. If all chess programs weren't allowed to search beyond 4 ply, then programs would need to develop *intelligence* to be any good, and then computer chess would become interesting and fun again. They would begin to play cafe chess, like humans. /Mats Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID MatsNewPieces does not match any item.