Author: James Swafford
Date: 13:00:40 05/17/99
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On May 16, 1999 at 00:49:10, Will Singleton wrote: <snip> >>>>>>2. Having just done a null move. >>>>> >>>>>I have heard this restriction before, but I have also heard that it is fine to >>>>>do this, because one or the other null-move will fail. Does this make any >>>>>sense? I have not spent much time thinking about it. >>>>> >>>>>Dave >>>> >>>> >>>>Suppose you're in Search( ) with depth remaining=7. >>>>Now you start a null search w/ a reduction of 2, so >>>>you're in search again with depth=5. >>>> >>>>Now repeat. Repeat again. >>>>Soon enough you're in quiescence, and you might as well >>>>have set r to 7. >>>> >>>>-- >>>>James >>> >>>Are recursive null-moves normally done without limit? I was under the >>>impression that a maximum number per continuation were allowed. ?! >>> >>>Dave >> >>I've never heard of recursive null moves. :-) >>Perhaps you could try it and share your results? :-)) >> >>-- >>James > >James, > >I think it's ok to do. Try it. > >Will I believe you, just stating that I've never heard of it. I will try it, but would still like to know how it's helped or hindered others.... Dave? This null search is a strange thing. :-) -- James
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