Author: James Swafford
Date: 10:02:42 07/18/02
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On July 18, 2002 at 13:01:36, James Swafford wrote:
>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)) {
depth < (INCPLY * 7 + 1))
>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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