Author: J. Wesley Cleveland
Date: 11:56:29 07/18/02
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On July 18, 2002 at 00:39:08, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 17, 2002 at 17:42:23, Patrik wrote: > >>The reason to allow null move only when more than 5 pieces left >>comes from zugzwang. Right? >>Then, what is the reason to allow null move when less than 7 plies left? > >So that as you get into potential zugzwang positions, the first N plies >will be null-move free... The deeper you search, the more accurate the >first N moves will be. This solves many of the null-move killer positions >easily. Here is one it does not work on. If you enter gxh8=Q, crafty sees it is winning instantly, but appears never to consider this move. 4K1kr/6Pp/5q1P/4P3/8/3P4/8/8 w - - 0 4
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