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Subject: Re: mate extension

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 23:28:17 01/10/98

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On January 11, 1998 at 02:27:30, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>
>On January 11, 1998 at 01:07:46, Stuart Cracraft wrote:
>
>>Someone on this newsgroup wrote about a useful extension
>>that went something like "If the null move search returns
>>a mate score, e.g. n moves to mate, then extend."
>>
>>I didn't see any improvement (with limited testing) after
>>implementing this. Is it basically in time-to-solve or
>>seeing more solutions?
>
>Try using it in positions were it matters, for instance Wac 141.

FYI I don't claim that it's great, it just worked for me on some
positions, and didn't wreck anything else.

Feel free to post your own "beef" if you would like.

bruce



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