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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