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Subject: Re: Returning PV from hash table

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 02:31:02 01/16/03

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On January 16, 2003 at 00:09:04, Nathan Thom wrote:

>
>I dont understand how using hash tables for pruning would not speed the search?
>

I don't understand that either. A correctly implemented and used hash table will
certainly help here. But there are many things to get right.

In middlegame positions I get about 30% hits, so that is saving a lot node wise.
Of course, you might have so many related problems (because of bad
implementation and/or use) that even though you get 30% hits, your program
doesn't play better, or maybe it even plays worse. But if that is the case,
there is room for improvement. Hash tables can be made to work.

/David



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