Author: Alvaro Polo
Date: 04:25:15 02/04/00
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On February 04, 2000 at 05:33:53, Georg Langrath wrote: >3n4/8/pppN4/k7/2P5/1K6/P7/8 w > >About this position. Fritz 5.32 can't find this mate in three. Fritz 6 can find >it in time mode, but not in analyze mode. In my opinion that is an ugly bug. > >Then somebody says that it is a null-move problem. Then no more with that. When >it is a null-move problem is seems as it is acceptable in the world of >chesscomputers and no more to add. In my opinion it is still very ugly that a >modern chesscomputer can't find a mate in three. > >I think that it is done before, but can somebody explain this mystical null-move >so also an amateur understands? I think it is some kind of holy magic power that >you must not heckle. I am sure that many kind people will give a good answer to this question. However, I have seen it asked over and over. I am not criticizing any poster who asks what is null-move but perhaps it could be practical to set up a FAQ, with questions such as this one? Alvaro > >Georg
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