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Subject: Re: Hashing

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:50:39 04/05/03

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On April 04, 2003 at 22:20:19, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On April 04, 2003 at 22:10:16, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On April 04, 2003 at 14:40:44, Russell Reagan wrote:
>>
>>>I would like to know which elements of the position are commonly included in
>>>hash signatures, and the issues with including or excluding certain elements.
>>>Currently, I am including the board, the side to move, castling rights, and en
>>>passant square.
>>>
>>>I'm not sure how important it is to hash the en passant square, since ep squares
>>>regularly exist, but an ep capture is legal only a small percentage of that
>>>time.
>>>
>>>I'm also not sure how important it is to hash the castling rights, since if the
>>>castling rights are different, it's likely that the board is too.
>>
>>
>>All are important.  I do what you are doing in fact...
>
>Do you do what others have described in this thread and only hash the ep square
>if there is an enemy pawn present to make the ep capture on the next move?


Correct...





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