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Subject: Re: King's Out : move ordering questions

Author: Bernd Nürnberger

Date: 05:17:31 04/03/04

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>I think, it can also happen with pruning/extensions that depend on the bounds of
>the search - for example null move. Depending on move ordering, you might search
>the same position with different bounds. Perhaps once null move fails high (but
>a "real" search would have shown, that that fail high is wrong). Now you search
>with a slightly higher beta the same position, and the null mvoe search may not
>fail high again.
>
>Perhaps Bernd can easily check this, by disabling null move and TTs.
>
>Regards,
>Dieter

I did this last night and as a result, I can say: the main purpose for
the varying PV is the TT -- will have to check the code and if I
do not find any failures I will take the different PVs as a normal
behaviour (I do not like it either.)   Maybe that's such an thing,
I read at Bruce's site as "search instability".

Greetings, Bernd



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