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Subject: Re: The last bug in Fritz 5.32 ?

Author: Marc Plum

Date: 06:16:05 05/31/99

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On May 31, 1999 at 06:26:22, blass uri wrote:

>
>On May 31, 1999 at 06:04:36, blass uri wrote:
>
>>
>>On May 31, 1999 at 05:26:24, Bernhard Bauer wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>The law "a null move program cannot do this simply doesn't exist".
>>>
>>>The question is: How do you implement the null move technique.
>>>And if you do it wrong, it remains a bug.
>>
>>Fritz5(16 bit) can also solve it and it is a null mover.
>>
>>I believe that the reason that fritz5.32 cannot solve it is simply that
>>Fritz5.32 is weaker than Fritz5(16 bit)
>>
(snip)
>
>I believe that fritz5.32 is a buggy program and the bugs influence more
>significantly at slower time control.
>
>Uri

I verified for myself that Fritz 5.16, working in the Nimzo 99 interface, solves
the problem in question instantly (60 min./G, 44 M hashtable).  I'll take
everybody's word for it that Fritz 5.32 cannot.

I seem to remember, though, that some time ago (6 months?, a year?) a position
was posted here, another mate in 2 involving a null move, that the original
Fritz 5 could not solve in a reasonable amount of time.  When the Fritz 4 engine
was loaded, however, it had no trouble.  I regret that I didn't note the
position, but perhaps someone else remembers, and can supply it.

Marc



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