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Subject: Re: definition of fh first move

Author: José Carlos

Date: 11:50:21 09/19/04

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On September 19, 2004 at 13:54:15, Andrew Williams wrote:

>On September 19, 2004 at 13:23:32, Michael Henderson wrote:
>
>>I'm confused about the definition of this stat.  Does one count null moves and
>>hash hits in this?  My fh numbers vary dramatically based on what is counted.
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Michael
>
>It's best thought of as a measure of your move-ordering. So every time the
>*first* move you *make* at a node gives you a beta cutoff, increment a counter.
>If you get a beta cutoff at the node and it's NOT the first move, increment a
>different counter.

  You must increment this counter every time you get a beta cutoff, even when
it's on the first move.

  josé C.


>Then it's (100*firstCounter)/differentCounter, which is the
>percentage of your beta cutoffs which occurred on the first move you tried.
>
>Andrew



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