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Subject: Re: No, because of null move

Author: Rémi Coulom

Date: 07:46:34 06/02/02

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On June 02, 2002 at 05:37:27, Uri Blass wrote:

>On June 02, 2002 at 05:02:36, Rémi Coulom wrote:
>
>>null move may fail to solve zugzwang positions correctly
>>
>>Rémi
>
>Junior does not use a null move and even programs that use the null move do not
>use it in evcery position and they may have some zunzwang verification.
>
>I think that you assume here too much.
>
>I think that there are different reasons that may prevent them to solve problems
>without tablebases.
>
>One reason is if there is a limit on the depth that they search but it is
>dependent on the programs and we can make generalizations about every program.
>
>Uri

Of course, it depends on the program. I remember that there have been many
positions posted in this forum, where Fritz failed to solve a trivial problem
because of null move. There are many ways to prevent this, of course, and I
suppose that many other programs that do the null move do not have this problem.

Rémi



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