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Subject: Re: CB product clears opponent's hash tables between moves.

Author: Ralph E. Carter

Date: 12:53:27 12/16/98

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On December 16, 1998 at 15:39:19, Heiko Mikala wrote:

>
>On December 16, 1998 at 15:00:50, Ralph E. Carter wrote:
>
>>I'm posting this because I hope everybody knows:
>>
>>In the "Fritz" or "Junior" interface, by ChessBase, when it is playing a game
>>against an "engine" (like hiarcs6.eng), it sends a command to the engine to
>>clear its hash tables before EVERY move.
>>
>>This could be serious, if the engine is one that retains information in the hash
>>table between moves.
>>
>>Even "alt+tab" would be better than this.
>>
>>I am not arguing about the technical issues involved.
>>I just think everyone should be aware of this. Don't you agree?
>
>No, because it's only half of the truth. And it's only the case for Winboard-
>engines running in Fritz. Hiarcs 6 is not a Winboard engine, but it's a real
>Fritz engine.

I will study this.

By the way, as the programmer of a Winboard engine I can
>assure you, that Fritz doesn't send the command "clear hash tables",
>although what it really does may have the same effect for many engines.

OK. It sends a command whose effect is "clear hash tables".

>
>Did you read this in my post here on CCC, or do you have other sources?

There is an exchange on rgcc about it.

>
>Greetings,
>
>Heiko.



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