Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:55:23 05/08/04
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On May 08, 2004 at 16:38:55, William Bryant wrote: >On May 08, 2004 at 13:18:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 08, 2004 at 12:56:24, Jeff GAZET wrote: >> >>>>>>Hi, >>>>>>when getting hashtable informations like this : >>>>>>switch(target->flags) >>>>>> { >>>>>> case hashfEXACT: return target->eval; break; >>>>>> case hashfALPHA: if(target->eval<=alpha) {return alpha;} break; >>>>>> case hashfBETA: if(target->eval>=beta) {return beta;} break; >>>>>> } >>>>>>In which case mustn'nt we do a null-move ? >>>>>>Thanks. >>> >>>>>If your hash record for a node (position) does not have enough draft to return >>>>>from the search at this point, but does have enough draft >>>>> (ie current_depth – R) for the null move search and predicts that it will >>>>> not fail high (ie the stored hashflag is not a lower bound and the stored >>>>>> value is < beta) then you can avoid the null move search for this node. >>> >>>I don't understand what means "draft". I would understand better a piece of code >>>than a sentence, if possible. >>>So you say : >>>if(depth-R>0 && target->eval<beta)... DoNull=FALSE... ? :-) >>>Thanks >> >> if (type == UPPER && depth-R <= draft && tableval < beta) >> avoid_null = 1; >> >>Draft is "remaining depth" and is the depth value stored in the hash table... > >Just to clarify an important, because I think I am confused. >The draft value is how much deeper the search is planning to search (before >quescence) >remaining depth, ___NOT___ the depth of the search up to this point? Correct... >So a value stored in the hash table near the root, has a greater Draft, and a >greater value, >than a value stored near the leaves. Correct again. :) > >Is this correct? > >William
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