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Subject: Re: Aborting a search

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 19:20:10 03/17/03

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On March 17, 2003 at 21:54:36, Nathan Thom wrote:

>Im having troubles trying to figure out what to do with my search results when a
>timeout occurs. eg I could have searched 10 plies fully, and am part way through
>the 11th ply when time runs out.
>
>The simplest thing to do is ditch all results from the last incomplete search
>and just go with what you had after 10 plies. But this seems a big waste.
>
>Thoughts?

If you have finished the pv move for (e.g. ply 11) then for the singular case of
fail low you may want to extend the time.  If it is the usual fail high then
just go ahead and move.

The extra search effort won't be wasted unless you clear your hash table.



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