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Subject: Re: What's optimal hashtable size for different time controls?

Author: Mike S.

Date: 08:08:35 04/15/00

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On April 15, 2000 at 08:39:56, Laurence Chen wrote:

>Hi all,
>   I've ran some blitz games between Junior6a and Rebel Tiger 12e, and Hiarcs
>7.32 and Rebel Tiger 12e, and I was surprised the results.
>(...)A lot of us think that more RAM increases the strength of a chess engine.
>From this little experiment, it clearly shows that the opposite is true (...)

I think your different results ar pure coincidence. For Hiarcs btw., it will not
matter much at blitz settings, if it has 8 or 16 MB hash. You said Tiger's
performance is better with smaller hash? Try it with some difficult
combinations, i.e. sacrificing moves. I'm sure you'll notice that bigger hash
supports the performance in general, especially if the program has a high node
rate. But you should use more than 2 or 3 positions for this test, to avoid
coincidential "anti-average" results.

Regards,
M.Scheidl

P.S. some tactical test positions:
1rb2rk1/p4ppp/1p1qpnn1/6N1/2pP3P/2P3P1/PPQ2PB1/R1B1R1K1 w - -
r3r1k1/1Bp1qppp/3p1n2/pNb5/2P5/PQ6/1P3PPP/R2R2K1 b - -
r1b1kb1r/2q2ppp/p2ppP2/1pn3P1/3NP3/2N2Q2/PPP4P/2KR1B1R w qk -
4rrk1/1bpR1p2/1pq1pQp1/p3P2p/P1PR3P/5NK1/2P2PP1/8 w - -
r1b2rk1/3n1ppp/p7/Qp1q2B1/P1pPp3/2P1P3/2B2PPP/R3R1K1 w - -
4r2k/3n3p/2q3p1/2p1p1Q1/1pP1P3/1P6/5PP1/R2B2K1 b - -
rnbq1b1r/ppp1p1pp/1n1p2k1/4P1N1/8/5Q2/PPPP1PPP/RNB1K2R b QK -
4k2r/r2n1p1p/pq3p2/4pN2/Q1B1p3/4P2P/PP4P1/3R2K1 w - -
3r1n1r/1p2q1k1/p1p1P1p1/3n4/5Pp1/P5N1/1P3QP1/1BR1R1K1 w - -
r2qk2r/1p1bbp2/1P2p3/p2pPp2/n2N1N1p/3PB3/5QPP/R4RK1 w qk -
2b1k1r1/1pqp1pPp/r3pQ2/1p6/5P2/6P1/1PP1B2P/1K1R3R w - -
r2q1rk1/p1p3pp/b2bp3/2pp4/6p1/2NPPN2/PPP2PP1/R1BQR1K1 w - -
2r3k1/pp1b1p2/1q1pp1p1/2r3Pn/4P3/1BN2Q2/PPP5/1K1R3R w - -
2n3k1/6b1/1p1pR2p/1q1Pp3/r1N1P3/6P1/6B1/5QK1 w - -



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