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Subject: Re: Fritz Clones?

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 11:31:15 12/22/04

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On December 22, 2004 at 12:23:01, Andreas Guettinger wrote:

>On December 22, 2004 at 10:45:20, Rafael Vasquez wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I´ve seen a lot of controversy on the "Crafty Clones" threads.
>>
>>But when Fritz implemented the null move algoritm in 1995, did beat
>>Deep Thought (Hong Kong).
>>
>>Afterwards several engines (or most?) are using the null move technique.
>>
>>Can we call them "Fritz Clones" and ban then forever?
>>
>>
>>:)))
>>
>>Rafael
>
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Fritz was not the first with null move.
>i. e. Fritz could be considered a Nimzo clone and would be banned too. :)

No. It was Frans Morsch who first implemented the nullmove as is now in use, it
was Chrilly Donninger who first published about it.

Tony

>
>regards
>Andy



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