Author: Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz
Date: 16:45:53 06/14/04
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On June 14, 2004 at 19:25:24, Rob Basham wrote: >Junior 5...plays Qd2+ in 21 sec. > >P3/850... > >sorry, don't understand "null-move"..I just play chess....:-) Nullmove is a technique that allow deeper searches using less time, but unless extra code is used, in certain positions -where not moving it's the best move- it can render the engine blind. Shredder finds Qd2+ with a score of +9.98 in less than a second in my computer at depth 11, where other very strong engines reach 15 and 16 plies without finding the move. I believe Null move is the problem here.
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