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

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 06:26:01 08/05/98

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On August 05, 1998 at 08:37:39, Tord Romstad wrote:

>On August 04, 1998 at 15:55:25, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>I'm not sure I follow, since Deep Blue still exists.  The "full blown machine"
>>is not available, but could be put back into service in a few hours, given a
>>SP-2 Host to use.  But the "Deep Blue Junior" box is alive and chugging along
>>according to occasional reports from Hsu.  And it is perhaps the only example
>>left of non-null-move searching...
>
>I think there are still lots of people who do not use the null-move.  I do
>not use it at the moment, but I have experimented with it several times in
>the  past and will probably try it again.  Among the top programmers, I am
>almost 100% sure that Richard Lang, Ed Schroder and Johan de Koning do not
>use the null-move.  I also suspect that Marty Hirsch doesn't use it, but I
>am less certain about this.
>
>Tord

Yes, but the 3 programs you refer to are either partially  selective search or
else use extensions extensively.

Amir's point was there is no program left like the old Fidelity Mach 3.
--
Komputer Korner




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