Author: Martin Giepmans
Date: 14:21:36 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. :) > >regards >Andy I seem to remember that Bob once wrote that he used null move (with R=1) already in Cray Blitz. Somewhere in the mid eighties? Martin
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