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Subject: Re: null move question

Author: Alessandro Scotti

Date: 14:53:33 10/06/04

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On October 06, 2004 at 15:42:02, Gerd Isenberg wrote:

>On October 05, 2004 at 18:09:43, Alessandro Scotti wrote:
>
>>On October 05, 2004 at 16:43:38, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>>
>>>What, if best move after null is the reverse previous move,
>>>like doing three alternated null moves in a row.
>>>What can we conclude then?
>>
>>Shouldn't be an opponent move between the first move and the null move? If so,
>>it's not like three null moves in a row.
>
>No, the first move by white the nullmove by black and the reverse move by white
>(or vice versa). Black to move.
>
>Same position as the previous tried nullmove by white.

Oh... ok. I counted two null moves in your example (one by black and two
"anti-moves" by white) but at any rate I see the point now... what about adding
a few lines of code to the engine to detect this and see what happens at the end
of the sequence?




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