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Subject: Re: Pawn Hash Question

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 10:50:18 03/15/04

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On March 15, 2004 at 13:28:41, Dan Honeycutt wrote:

>I presently include the king in my pawn hash but i question if i'm getting my
>money's worth.  all I do are (1) look at shelter the abc or fgh pawns provide
>the castled king and (2) see if king supports passed pawns.  without the king
>the pawn hash hit rate is 98 to 99 percent.  with the king it drops to about 93
>percent.  my gut feel is I should either do more with the king or remove him
>altogether.
>
>What are others doing?  Is hashing the king worthwhile?
>
>Thanks
>Dan H

Two level KP and P-only hash.

anthony



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