Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 04:07:41 09/20/04
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On September 19, 2004 at 23:58:28, Stuart Cracraft wrote: >I use null move only to return the null move search >value if >= beta, otherwise fall through to everything else > >But I hear that one can use the null to adjust alpha. > >When I try to adjust alpha this way: > > nullmovestuff > alpha = MAX(alpha,nullmovescore); > >my results drop precipitously. > >Perhaps my method is wrong or adjusting alpha has fallen >out of favor. > >Comments anyone? > >Stuart It's a question of if you want null moves in your PVs. They will hurt you in tactical positions. Vas
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