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Subject: Re: Verified Null-Move Pruning, ICGA 25(3)

Author: Frank Phillips

Date: 10:48:50 11/27/02

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On November 26, 2002 at 20:02:06, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 26, 2002 at 16:21:00, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>
>>On November 26, 2002 at 15:58:06, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>On November 26, 2002 at 15:55:56, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>>>
>>>>So it is reasonable that on every program starting from a certain depth >adaptive null-move pruning will always construct a smaller search tree.
>>>
>>>Don't you mean the other way around?
>>>
>>
>>Yes :-)
>>
>>Starting from a certain depth, verified null-move pruning will always construct
>>a smaller search tree than the adaptive one.
>>
>>
>>
>>>--
>>>GCP
>
>
> I am doing some testing now.  First thing I noticed is that for WAC, the
>time-squared
>measurement went down very significantly for your algorithm.  And I have not
>modified
>anything such as turning null-move off when low material happens, since your
>idea will
>catch the zug problems.

Have you tried Fine70?

Frank
>
>



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