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Subject: Re: The new version of Junior is significantly better

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 19:46:59 08/03/98

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On August 03, 1998 at 18:24:25, Komputer Korner wrote:


>
>We are getting hung up on the null move issue. Crafty uses null move but is
>still a full width program. CM 5000/5500 and Rebel 9 are selective searchers.
>Yes null move is a form of selectivity, but it is so common even among the full
>width programs that I discount it as a test of whether a program is selective or
>not.
>--
>Komputer Korner


This is an exercise in circular logic. Your point is correct, because you assume
it is. There are no full-width searchers in existence, and if you grant the
title to null-movers like Fritz, then everyone is a full-width searcher.

Amir



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