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Subject: Re: No, because of null move

Author: Pham Minh Tri

Date: 06:40:02 06/02/02

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On June 02, 2002 at 08:53:45, James T. Walker wrote:

>On June 02, 2002 at 05:02:36, Rémi Coulom wrote:
>
>>null move may fail to solve zugzwang positions correctly
>>
>>Rémi
>
>Doesn't that depend on the program?  Some programs you can turn off null move.
>Of course most all programs have ply limits which would prevent them from
>solving the longest mates.

I guess that the longest mates of 5 men must under 400 (note that there are only
3 men to capture, 50_move_rule = 100 ply, (3+1)*100 = 400 ply). Therefore a
program with ply's limit around 400-450 should work well. I think some of
mentioned programs will work, and the answer should be "yes".

• Re: No, because of null move Christophe Theron 09:26:53 06/02/02
  • Re: No, because of null move Pham Minh Tri 06:16:11 06/03/02
    • Re: No, because of null move Christophe Theron 12:21:08 06/03/02
    • Re: No, because of null move Christophe Theron 12:16:41 06/03/02
• Re: No, because of null move James T. Walker 07:10:34 06/02/02

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