Author: Steve Maughan
Date: 08:29:45 04/29/04
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Omid David Tabibi, >Falcon's extensions are usually strong enough to counter the effects of some >of the pruning methods it uses. In the latest Falcon I have even stronger >extensions, and running it on tactical test suites it scores higher than any >other engine Excellent! When you say "any other engine" does this include The King / ChessMaster since IMO this is the one engine that is often overlooked in comparisions and is still one of the strongest at tactics. Regards, Steve >(but I'm not yet sure whether these extensions are really helpful >in pratice...). But verified null-move pruning helps to detect zugwangs. I >modified the original verified null-move algorithm slightly, and now it works >even more efficiently. So far, Falcon had no problem in any of the zugwang >positions posted here.
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