Author: James T. Walker
Date: 07:10:34 06/02/02
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On June 02, 2002 at 09:40:02, Pham Minh Tri wrote: >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". I don't know of any programs with that kind of ply limit. Most are 100 or less. Jim
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