Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 08:56:59 08/13/01
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On August 13, 2001 at 08:28:50, José Carlos wrote: > If so, nullmove would be almost perfect :) > Null move reduces the search depth a lot, so it hides threats where material >sacs are involved. Remember that with nullmove one side moves twice to a short >depth, so it cuts variations where the side moving twice is down in material and >his threats are too deep. WAC 1 is a nice example. Unless you do any special tricks, a R=1 nullmover solves it in 4 ply and an R=2 nullmover solves it in 5 ply. Its a mate in 2 (3 ply). -- GCP
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