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Subject: Re: hash table & draw detection--added info

Author: Michael a

Date: 14:57:48 05/04/02

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On May 04, 2002 at 08:30:51, Uri Blass wrote:

>On May 03, 2002 at 22:47:23, Michael Williams wrote:
>
>>On May 03, 2002 at 22:33:35, Michael Williams wrote:
>>
>>>The first diagram shown in the previous post also had a large positive (1.63)
>>>score.
>>>
>>>The second diagram shows 3x2=6 instances where a three-time repetition occurs.
>>>
>>>Conclusion:
>>>
>>>It looks like Fritz6 and Fritz7 also deal with the problem by "ignoring it."
>>
>>Or do they?
>>
>>Actually, this is why I hesitated to post in this thread--it's related to the
>>problem somehow--why are such 3-time repetition lines displayed in their
>>entirety with high scores?
>
>A program should never evaluate a line with 3 times repetition as positive.
>The only possible reason for it can be some bug.
>
>The problem that was mentioned was different
>
>The problem that was mentioned was about cases when the line is too short
>because of hash tables and does not include repetition.
>
>The problem is not evaluating repetitions as not 0.00 but cutting the tree based
>on a score that is not 0.00 when it prevents the program to see the 0.00
>that it could see by search.
>
>Maybe the problemin Fritz is because of trying to construct the pv out of hash
>tables(I have no idea how programs do it) but I think that in this case it is
>better not to print the pv at least in cases that it includes repetition.
>
>I know that fritz7 can display stupid pv's because of trying to construct the pv
>out of hash tables and I think that it is better at least to check if the pv
>makes sense before printing it.
>
>Uri

Is there a commonality of the seperate issues in that imperfect situations
arise?  It could be a bug, but are you 100% sure?



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