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Subject: Re: Stuffing the PV

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:40:56 12/05/00

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On December 05, 2000 at 18:16:28, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:

>Hi Scott,
>
>>When storing a hash position the depth you store with it is the depth you used
>>to search and arrive at this position, correct?
>
>No -- the depth draft stored in the hash table should equal
>the *remaining depth* of the search tree beneath the node
>in question.
>
>=Ernst=


Even more important... as you stomp down the pv path, don't forget to
increment the depth just as you would for a real search down that path.
IE checks, recaptures, etc...  and as you go a ply deeper, decrement
depth accordingly.

Otherwise you will have _lots_ of fun debugging.



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