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Subject: Re: Double Nullmove

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 11:08:51 04/25/02

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On April 25, 2002 at 03:15:14, Uri Blass wrote:

>On April 25, 2002 at 02:54:03, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I want to implement double nullmove in my chess engine again. Now i'm searching
>>for Zugzwang postions, which should be solved by double nullmove instead of
>>normal nullmove.
>>Another question: How much time costs the double null move in the average.
>>I have tested it in some positions, and my engine needs about 30 to 40 percent
>>more time for the same search depth. Is that normal or is that to much.
>>
>>have a nice day
>>Andreas
>>
>>http://wbholmes.de
>
>I do not know but it is a bad idea to be 30-40% slower only for detecting
>zunzwangs.
>
>I think that there are better ways than double null move to detect zunzwangs.

However, there isn't a better way for processing them.  It still gives a big
speedup for these searches.

Why not use your normal null move unless you detect a zugzwang, and then switch
to double null move?



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