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Subject: Re: Hash hit != Hash full

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 09:23:15 06/19/04

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On June 19, 2004 at 12:19:02, Robert Allgeuer wrote:

>Yes, I confused the two. But how would an engine measure how full its hash
>tables are; looks difficult to me? Furthermore this would mean that in most
>engines - as they do not clear hashtables after each move - this value would
>have to approach 100% during the course of a game, which I did not observe
>for a single engine so far.

Positions pertaining to a previous search are not counted. i.e. For the
purpose of this statistic you can consider the engine to *do* clear the
hashtable after each move.

At least this is how it works in Sjeng, but I suspect most engines work
like this.

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GCP



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