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Subject: Re: Nominating chess algorithms

Author: blass uri

Date: 07:25:18 07/22/99

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On July 22, 1999 at 07:43:28, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On July 21, 1999 at 15:00:43, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>>I would disagree on #1, because without alpha/beta, null-move doesn't work at
>>all.  So I'd go with alpha/beta, then null-move.
>
>I have to disagree that alfabeta is more important. Alfabeta is
>rather simple to invent. Only negamax makes it more complicated.

I think that null move is also simple to invent and some top programs are not
null movers.

For example Junior and chessmaster are not null movers.

Uri




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