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Re:The Kilobyte’s Gambit by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday March 08, 2021 @04:12AM (#26383641)
"ply" :)

The "How it works" link says it looks ahead 4 moves, that's probably 2 ply.

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Re:The Kilobyte’s Gambit by mattround on Monday March 08, 2021 @04:18AM (#26383665)
I was a bit lax using 'moves', it's 4 ply, so that's 2 full moves.
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Re:The Kilobyte’s Gambit by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday March 08, 2021 @02:10PM (#26390127)
Oh, hey, you're the developer, right? Thanks for clarifying :)

Can you say what the lookahead is like? Is it a version of minimax?

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