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Subject: Re: Difficulties with 3-fold repetition when using hashing.

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 23:15:39 06/23/00

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On June 23, 2000 at 15:57:50, Adrien Regimbald wrote:

>Hi,
>
>>Don't allow hash cutoffs so close to the root of the tree.
>
>
>Hmm .. while I imagine adding a condition before checking the hash like this:
>if (ply > 2) {
>
>or something of the like would solve the problem of allowing a draw by 3-fold
>repeition, there would still be the problem that your search may be relying upon
>branches which are closer to leaf nodes which aren't being analyzed correctly..
>while the main concern for the moment is to eliminate the poor habit of allowing
>a draw by 3-fold repetition, it would be nice to find a proper solution rather
>than a hack..
>
>
>Regards,
>Adrien.

There isn't a proper solution unless you want to not cut off based upon hash
table values.

Values anywhere in the tree can be influenced by 3x repetitions elsewhere in the
tree.

I wish everything worked perfectly, but I don't think I'd call this a hack.  The
chance of failure is introduced, but much more often you get a success.

bruce


bruce




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