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Subject: Re: Crafty null move question

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 14:07:20 08/19/02

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On August 19, 2002 at 15:03:01, Patrik wrote:

>Hello, Dr. Hyatt.
>
>When I run Crafty 18.15, I sometimes get "ERROR, not installing bogus move"
>message.

Are you talking about a "stock" crafty?  If so, I _never_ get this
message.  It is there to catch errors when I break something while testing
new things...


>If I delete HashStore() statement in null move, I don't get that error message.
>What I am wondering is how you can store position with current_move[ply]=0.
>When that position is found in HashProbe() next time, hash_move[ply] will become
>0. But 0 is not valid move.

0 is fine to store.  It is "no move" if you look at how hash_move[] is
tested...  That is how you indicate there is no hash_move to look at, in
fact...



>
>My second question is you did Rule50Moves(ply+1)++ but you didn't do
>Rule50Moves(ply+1)-- after null move search.

No reason to.  Note the ply+1. When you back up to ply again, that
counter is no longer used...

>
>Thank you.



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