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Subject: Re: Clearing the hashtables before the search

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 07:19:59 12/30/01

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On December 30, 2001 at 10:12:49, José Carlos wrote:

>a) there are tricks to save space

True

>b) it only applies to depth-preferred table, so crap nodes (which are quickly
>discarded) don't stay long because of depth. And there's also always-replace
>table.

But if you never adjust the depth, this does not address the issue
of positions that are totally different hanging around because of
equal material.

>c) block positions usually get open by pawn exchanges, so material decreases and
>crap nodes get replaced.

I would say that blocked positions are just those where this isn't possible :)

>  Also, I only wanted to be useful by commenting my idea. All comments are
>welcome.

Sure, and it's appreciated. Don't think me attacking your idea means
that I don't like your comments!

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GCP



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