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Subject: Re: "unintended features" very funny ;-) NT

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 04:44:51 08/15/03

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On August 15, 2003 at 07:08:02, Sune Fischer wrote:

>On August 15, 2003 at 07:01:19, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>>>Movei simply does not clear hash tables at very fast time control and starts to
>>>>clear them only if it has enough time relative to hash tables.
>>>
>>>Hmm, I think you should be consistent and either decide to clear or not.
>>>If you do clear them you get some simplicity in the hash design.
>>>
>>>-S.
>>
>>No
>>
>>not clearing them in the way that I do it is simple and the only problem is that
>>in this case after some moves at slow time control all the hash is going to be
>>unavailable because it is going to be used by old entries that are not going to
>>be replaced because they have bigger depth.
>>
>>At blitz it is not important because I am not going to be close to a situation
>>of full hash tables so I let myself not to clear them.
>>
>>Uri
>
>Maybe you need to reconsider your replacement scheme?
>Curing the illness is better than treating the symptom :)
>
>-S.

My replacement scheme is simple (deeper is better)
It is no problem in one search because I prefer to remember hash move when there
is a long search but when I have
another search the deeper from old iteration is irrelevant.

Uri



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