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Subject: Re: Hash move question

Author: Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso

Date: 06:26:38 08/18/01

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On August 17, 2001 at 23:28:50, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 17, 2001 at 15:16:54, Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso wrote:
>
>>Only now I've implemented the trick of avoiding generating any moves by
>>searching the hash move first (if there is one) and bailing out early if this
>>move causes a fail high.
>>Now, I just don't get the same node counts. I get tree size reductions.
>>This is a bug right?
>>I should get exactly the same node count, just a litle faster right?
>>
>>Help appreciated,
>>Alvaro Cardoso
>
>
>Node count should not change.  You did take care of the issue that once
>you search the hash move and get no cutoff, you then generate moves and
>you do _not_ search the hash move a second time?  If you do, that can
>change the node counts...


Yes I did take care of that issue. I don't search the hash move a second time.

Alvaro Cardoso



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