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Subject: Re: Stuffing the PV

Author: Ernst A. Heinz

Date: 15:31:01 12/05/00

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>>Hi Scott,
>>
>>>When storing a hash position the depth you store with it is the depth you used
>>>to search and arrive at this position, correct?
>>
>>No -- the depth draft stored in the hash table should equal
>>the *remaining depth* of the search tree beneath the node
>>in question.
>>
>>=Ernst=
>
>That depends on how he wrote the rest of the hash code.

Not really, if you actually want to use your hashed
information to cut off the search or to narrow the
alpha-beta bounds. Only storing the path length from
the root node does not allow you to do so.

=Ernst=



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