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Subject: Re: When would you use a Null Move Search?

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 06:28:57 12/24/98

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On December 24, 1998 at 08:10:08, Roberto Waldteufel wrote:
>Hi Bob (and Werner)
>
>Thanks for the tip. I just tried this out, and early results seem to indicate a
>speedup af the order of 25% - quite a tidy saving! Sometimes I spend days on end
>trying to achieve a 4% or 5% speed-up somewhere, and this time I got 25% in
>about 45 minutes! :-)
>
>Merry Christmas,
>Roberto

Roberto,

Glad I could ask a question that helped you out. I'm still not sure I understand
all of the implications of null move searching, however, I will tuck these
answers away for when I get to that part of my code.

Thanks Werner, Robert and Roberto for responding so promptly.

Happy Holidays,

KarinsDad



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