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Subject: Re: Importance of a transposition table

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 12:01:02 12/08/02

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On December 08, 2002 at 14:33:52, Matthias Gemuh wrote:

>>
>>I do not know commercial engines well. Is it possible to let them run without
>>transposition tables? How could one know it? For my engine, it would not be
>>difficult, to still use a small transposition table, when the user gives "hash
>>0". But it won't. It would probably not be easy to detect.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Dieter
>
>
>My BigLion will not even run without transformation tables because it uses the
>table to hash its move lists. This is a clear indication that BigLion is more of
>a joke than of a serious chess program.
>
>/Matthias.

I don't see why! My program needs at least one TT entry to run properly.

Andrew



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