Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 14:10:22 05/12/99
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On May 11, 1999 at 23:42:34, Peter McKenzie wrote: >On May 11, 1999 at 21:18:59, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On May 11, 1999 at 20:38:31, Peter McKenzie wrote: >>[snip] >>>I think the chances of being able to do this are approximately zero. >>>An even if you could, its not that hard to put zugzwang detection into a >>>nullmove implementation. It slows it down a little, but not hugely. The fact >>>that few programs bother with this (although some do) indicates that it just >>>isn't worth it. >>Why do you think the probability is so low? > >I don't think there are many useful zugzwang positions in the first 15ply. By >useful positions, I mean positions that could conceivably be reached in a game >and be used to your advantage. In fact, I'm not aware of any - perhaps someone >could post some? > >Peter Breyer said that the initial position is zugzwang and that white is lost, when he was asked about the theoretical value of the game (: José.
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