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Subject: Re: Double Nullmove

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 00:15:14 04/25/02

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On April 25, 2002 at 02:54:03, Andreas Herrmann wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I want to implement double nullmove in my chess engine again. Now i'm searching
>for Zugzwang postions, which should be solved by double nullmove instead of
>normal nullmove.
>Another question: How much time costs the double null move in the average.
>I have tested it in some positions, and my engine needs about 30 to 40 percent
>more time for the same search depth. Is that normal or is that to much.
>
>have a nice day
>Andreas
>
>http://wbholmes.de

I do not know but it is a bad idea to be 30-40% slower only for detecting
zunzwangs.

I think that there are better ways than double null move to detect zunzwangs.

Uri



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