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Subject: Extensions problem (maybe)

Author: Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso

Date: 06:23:13 08/18/01

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I think the problem might be related with extensions.
I use fractional extensions that may be diferent for each move at this node.
At the top of the search I don't have all the information I need to compute the
extension for the hash move.
For example, I use the number of moves at this node in a formula to compute the
extensions for every move I search, since I don't have that at the top of the
search I cannot calculate the extension value for the hash move.
I think I have to rethink the extensions in my program.

By the way, can some one explain how does it work in crafty.
If I'm not mistaken it only uses a single bit in the hash table to tell if we
should extend or not. The question is how much I should extend? A full ply?
I so that is not consistent because Crafty uses fractional extensions, right?

Thank you all,
Alvaro Cardoso







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