Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:40:47 10/04/01
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On October 04, 2001 at 13:55:40, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >Is there any differnce in playing strength between these three version of >TheKing. My experience show no difference betwenn 3.12 and 3.13c but so far I >have not tested 3.12d. >Regards >Kurt There is no difference in playing strength/style/quality between the 3.12 and 3.12c versions (and the versions in between them, obviously). However, 3.12d does improve blitz/bullet play under certain circumstances, specifically when using a very large hash table. The King clears its hash table on every move. In my testing with 3.12c on a PIII-600, it took about 1/3 to 1/2 second to clear a 32MB hash table. This is not significant during standard play, but losing 1/2 second per move in bullet is costly. The King 3.12d drastically improved the method in which the hash table is cleared, so this no longer becomes a problem. However, once again, this was only a problem if a large hash table was being used in a fast game. jm
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