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Subject: Re: Fine #70 and hash bug(s) (warning: long post)

Author: Andrew Wagner

Date: 15:00:27 04/19/04

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On April 19, 2004 at 13:16:32, Martin Giepmans wrote:

>On April 19, 2004 at 12:56:18, Andrew Wagner wrote:
>
>>>Hi Andrew,
>>>
>>>It's strange that you get the same score (1.8) for every move.
>>>I don't think that overwriting hash entries can explain that.
>>>It looks like something is wrong with the way you store or use the different
>>>types of scores (exact, lower bound, upper bound).
>>>
>>>Martin
>>
>>Hmmm. I'm not sure I understand this. I'm evaluating material count only, so
>>wouldn't I expect to see the same score for every move? At least until Trueno
>>wins the pawn, which it apparently can't see that it can do.
>
>The score (1.8) in the later iterations indicates that the engine expects to win
>a pawn. (although I see no capture in the PV's, perhaps the PV's are
>incomplete?)
>What is strange is that it expects to win a pawn after every first move.
>In fact only Kb1 wins a pawn. The score for the two other moves (Ka2, Kb2)
>should be 0.9 with a material only evaluation. But it is 1.8 ...
>
>Martin


I agree, it's very strange. Somehow it's not playing the correct line for the
defense or something. Ya know....just for kicks, I should run a deep perft.
Wouldn't that be funny, if my move gen was wrong....



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