Author: blass uri
Date: 10:13:06 07/21/99
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On July 20, 1999 at 19:51:57, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On July 20, 1999 at 17:30:54, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On July 20, 1999 at 17:26:49, Dave Gomboc wrote: >>[snip] >>>None of the commercials I know of provide source code, so this might be tough to >>>arrange. Is your opinion that Crafty would be adequate? >>I see possible solutions: >>0. We are provided with an object module and permission to use it for the test >>only. >>1. We keep a record of the fastest currently tested implementation. >>2. We hold a contest with prizes for the winning algorithm. > >I nominate the nullmove, >althoug of course alfabeta logically should qualify first, >alfabetapruning isn't very hard to invent. Nullmove is though. > >First prize for that nomination would be: > "best algorithmic improvement of the century" > >Nullmove has been nominated as #1 by me. I disagree about it. Junior is one of the best programs and it does not use the null move. Uri
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