[computer-go] IEEE Spectrum article by Deep Blue creator

[David Fotland]

Many Faces is an alpha-beta searcher with a highly selective global search.

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> So I personally believe a feasible alpha/beta searcher is 
> possible, if a high quality evaluation function is combined 
> with a highly selective
> global search in a pragmatic way.    One has to be very 
> aggressive about
> finding moves that can be thrown out and this is tough 
> problem.  It's not hard to find a few moves that can be 
> pruned, but it's difficult to eliminate the MAJORITY of moves 
> without throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
> 
> - - Don
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> > We'll see.
> > AvK
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