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Subject: Re: Null Move Hash Table Issues

Author: Andrew Platt

Date: 08:40:03 09/09/04

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On September 09, 2004 at 11:25:16, Andrew Platt wrote:

>>>So we back up non-mate scores which, as expected, end up in the hash table -
>>>including the following:
>>>
>>>Qxf4 Be5 Rxh5 Bxf4 (ply 4, depth 270)
>>
>>If this position was searched with remaining depth>0 it should be in your
>>hashtable as mate in 1. If it was searched with remaining depth=0 it should be
>>too shallow to impact your null-move search.
>
>Hmm, you're right: Qxf4 Be5? Rxh5 Bxf4?? Rh8#  I'll have to check how we're
>backing up a non-mate score there.

I just took another look. The score is obtained from a null move search from
Qxf4 Be5 Rxh5 Bxf4. In this situation you don't end up with a mate score (at
least not within the remaining depth) but it gets stored in the hash table just
the same.

Andy.



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