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Subject: Hash experiment

Author: Alois Ganter

Date: 01:20:43 12/23/98

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On December 23, 1998 at 03:17:29, Ralph E. Carter wrote:

>Do you know that engines under Fritz and Junior have their hashtables cleared
>before every move? And that this has a disproportionate effect on those engines
>that intelligently save information between moves, like hiarcs and crafty?
>
>If nobody cares about questions such as these, I am leaving.

I mailed Chessbase the question last week and they told me to try this
experiment with Crafty as prove that it is decision of the engine alone what to
do with hash tables: Take the second move of a position and let Crafty calculate
some time. Then clip the analysis with search info from the search window to
Notepad. Then go to the first move and let calculate for some time. Then go
again to the second move and let calculate. Then clip analysis and compare with
the first clip. Now the Crafty engine takes 25% less kN to find the same lines.
I tried with the new 16.2 version from Chessbase download and it is right. And
they say 16.2 is much stronger because Bob Hyatt corrected a problem in hash
management.

The Doctor? engine makes the same effect.

Alois



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