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Subject: Re: saving the PV for a position in the hash table

Author: Andrew Dados

Date: 15:46:03 05/01/02

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On May 01, 2002 at 18:28:58, David Hanley wrote:

>On May 01, 2002 at 15:44:54, Andrew Dados wrote:
>
>
>>well.. the only PV you ever get in entire tree is backed up to root anyway...
>>unless your search is broken. :)
>
>If that were true, you would not need a triangualar array to store the PV?
>
>In some inner node of the tree, you may very well get a line that MAY be a new
>PV.  It's a good line from this position.  But I suppose you are saying this
>should not be called PV?  In that case you are right, maybe inner PV(IPV) is
>what i should say.
>
>The idea is just to store are good line from a position when possible, instead
>of only a good move.  Of course i emphasize "when possible"
>
>dave

That's what hash table does anyway...



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