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Subject: Re: killers, best replacement scheme.

Author: JW de Kort

Date: 12:21:48 10/02/03

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On October 02, 2003 at 05:42:58, macaroni wrote:

>Hi, what sort of replacement schemes do people use with their killers? and how
>many killers is it best to have? I currently have one killer built in, which I
>replace whenever I get a beta cutoff caused by a move that isn't a capture. This
>certainly gives me some gain, but perhaps I can get more with 2-3 killers?
>Thanks for input.

Dear Macaroni,

As far as i know most programs use two killer per ply. Each time a move cause a
cutt of the counter of this move is increased if the move is already in the
killer table. If the score of the second killer is higher than the first killer,
then the killers are swapped. If the move is not yet in the table the second
killer is removed and replaced by the new. Some programs use this schem with 3
killers. This is how i understand the killer heuristic.

regards,

Jan Willem



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