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Subject: Re: null-move vs non-null-move

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 01:43:55 10/11/02

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On October 10, 2002 at 14:29:56, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>First, you are comparing apples and oranges.  It is _impossible_ to do a
>full-width
>12 ply search in 3 minutes, for typical positions, using only a PIII/850.  My
>tests with
>Crafty was producing 9-10 ply searches at best for 2 minutes a move.  Fritz does
>some
>forward pruning _besides_ null-move, which makes the comparison with and without
>not so meaningful.

So would you say your test are specifically related to null-move? Or were they
meant to test forward pruning vs. no forward pruning in general?

Russell



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