Author: Matthias Gemuh
Date: 20:27:07 07/11/03
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On July 11, 2003 at 21:27:58, Bob Durrett wrote: > >Suppose the programmer were to deliberately load the hash table with false data >and then start the engine analyzing a given position. Could the false >information in the hash table cause the engine to produce the wrong move? > >Corollary: Suppose the engine were given 24 hours [or more] to find the correct >move, after the programmer had loaded bogus information into the hash table. >Could it happen that the engine might NEVER find the correct move as a direct >result of incorrect information having been loaded into the hash table? > >I would very much appreciate an answer to this. I am experimenting with >different ways to use the engines in analysis and would like to know whether or >not I am doing anything right. It would really help to understand the details >of how modern engines use the hash tables. [Maybe different ways for different >engines?] > >Thanks in advance, > >Bob Durrett Junk in the hash table will not contain valid hash keys, except the engine is amateur and has been poorly designed/written/programmed. So the junk will not be used. It will be overwritten unused. It will not affect playing strength. /Matthias.
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