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Subject: Re: PV update after retrieval from hash table

Author: Jon Dart

Date: 09:57:08 11/30/00

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On November 30, 2000 at 12:09:02, Leen Ammeraal wrote:

>I use a trangular array pv[i][j] to
>keep track of the principle variation,
>as usual. Each row has length pv_length[i].
>However, it is not clear
>to me what to do with this array
>when I retrieve a move from my hash table.
>Can anyone give me a hint, please?

I do the following, *only* if the hash move returned has an
exact value:

               if (score > alpha && score < beta)
	       {
                  pv[ply][ply] = hash_move;
                  pv_length[ply] = 1;
	       }

--Jon



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