Parity Pruning

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Parity Pruning, an asymmetric consideration in various forward pruning decisions based on the parity of the ply distance to the root. The idea is to prune more aggressively on even plies when side to move is the computer player, but less aggressively for the odd plies.

=See also=
 * Asymmetric evaluation
 * Delta Pruning
 * Futility Pruning
 * Late Move Reductions
 * Null Move Pruning
 * Odd-Even Effect
 * SEX Algorithm

=Forum Posts=
 * asymmetry by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, August 12, 1997 » KnightCap, Asymmetric evaluation
 * Re: Junior's long lines: more data about this... by Don Dailey, CCC, December 26, 1997

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