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Subject: Re: Crafty null move question

Author: James Swafford

Date: 10:01:36 07/18/02

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On July 17, 2002 at 17:29:49, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On July 17, 2002 at 16:30:24, Patrik wrote:
>
>>Hello, Dr Hyatt.
>>
>>  if (do_null && !tree->in_check[ply] && pieces && (pieces>5 || depth<421)) {
>>
>>Where does the depth 421 come from?
>
>It appears to be about 7 plies, since INCPLY is 60.

So does null move break if you set INCPLY to something else?
Seems  ... || depth < INCPLY*7)) {
would be better.

--
James


>
>Therefore if:
>1.  You are allowed to do null moves
>and
>2.  You are not in check
>and
>3.  You have some pieces
>and
>{
>EITHER
>4a.  You have at least 5 pieces on the board
>OR
>4b.  You are less than 7 plies deep
>}
>then go ahead with the null move



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