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Subject: Re: Null Move Threat Extension

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:14:45 01/14/02

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On January 14, 2002 at 14:52:29, David Rasmussen wrote:

>On January 14, 2002 at 12:15:35, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>The mate threat idea is something different.  I think Bruce was the first
>>to mention this idea.  The original "vanilla threat" approach was written up
>>in the JICCA many years ago...  I explained the basic idea in another post
>>in this thread...
>
>Well, I posted the question :)
>
>And I meant the ordinary mate threat extension idea as you do it in Crafty. Does
>it help practical play?
>
>/David


No real idea.  It doesn't cost much, and it does help with some positions
like WAC 141.  This is certainly much cheaper than the original null-move
threat detection as described in the JICCA...



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