Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:02:42 07/15/02
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On July 15, 2002 at 16:43:39, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On July 15, 2002 at 16:19:32, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On July 15, 2002 at 16:09:57, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>[snip] >>>Have a foolproof method for identiefying zugzwang? >> >>Sure. >> >>Never bother analyzing the root node. Analyze all forward nodes from the root >>instead at ply zero [from current]. >> >>If every evaluation is worse than the current evaluation before analysis, then >>you are zugzwang. >> >>It's also handy for move ordering. > >This doesn't work :) > >(Explanation left as exercise to the reader) It leaves false positives. It also assumes an exhaustive ply 0 search (eval).
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