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Subject: Re: Crafty null move question

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:08:04 07/18/02

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On July 18, 2002 at 14:56:29, J. Wesley Cleveland wrote:

>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


Too much material.  The >7 ply test is never done.




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