Minimax Algorithm Advantages / Disadvantages
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  <p>A disadvantage of the minimax algorithm is that each board state has
  to be visited twice: one time to find its children and a second time
  to evaluate the heuristic value.</p>
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<p>Are there any other disadvantages or advantages to the minimax algorithm? Say for a game like Chess, would there be any better alternatives? (Of course minimax with alpha-beta pruning but anything else?)</p>