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Subject: Re: Nullmove implementation

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 05:15:26 05/20/02

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On May 20, 2002 at 07:45:25, Matthias Gemuh wrote:

>>
>>You can try the following position:
>>
>>r1b1r1k1/p1p3pp/2p2n2/2bp4/5P2/3BBQPq/PPPK3P/R4N1R b - - 0 1
>>
>>My program solved it at the same depth with and without null move pruning but
>>null move helped it to find the move faster.
>>
>>It was not a very big improvement.
>>There were also positions when my program needed more time but the total result
>>is better.
>>
>>Uri
>
>
>Slow HyLogic starts searching ply 8 after 2min 15sec without nullmove on Athlon
>1.4. This time drops to 1min 25sec with nullmove. Best move is in both cases
>"d4". So nullmove seems to help. Thanks.
>
>Matthias.

Best move is Bg4.

Maybe Hylogic needs more than 8 plies.

Movei needed only 8 plies to find Bg4 with and without null move but it is
possible that movei does better extensions than Hylogic in that position.

Uri



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