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Subject: Re: Searching PV first

Author: Stuart Cracraft

Date: 06:44:54 07/20/04

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On July 20, 2004 at 07:51:54, Aivaras Juzvikas wrote:

>On July 19, 2004 at 18:07:53, Stuart Cracraft wrote:
>
>>So I recently added some code to search the PV first
>>but with an add-on whose effect may be a curveball
>>in the longrun but appears okay at first.
>>
>>PV is searched first but with the add-on that any other
>>position that is searched (but not on the PV) there is a check
>>made for whether a PV-move at the same depth is available
>>in this position and if so it is searched first.
>>
>>Anyway, after doing the above my test results made another (small)
>>jump over just using the first move only of the prior iteration's
>>principal variation.
>>
>>Version 2.01
>>     ~Time  Solved Solved Time    Nodes     other information
>>    per move  %   / Total  Tot     Tot      other information
>>//   5 sec - 75% 227/300 1620.68 281651520 938838/5/173787 0/0/18410820/0/0/0
>>//   1 sec - 66% 199/300 323.91   53624628 178749/1/165555 0/0/3556160/0/0/0
>>
>>Version 2.00
>>//   5 sec - 73% 218/296 1687.07 301382976 1004610/6/178643 0 0/19507018/0/0/0
>>//   1 sec - 62% 187/300 313.89 52147824 173826/1/166134 0/0/3460861/0/0
>>
>>Stuart
>
>im afraid to dissapoint you but this is already being done in TSCP. it has no
>hash tables but instead uses saved pv move to search first.

Why would this disappoint me? I am not a researcher who publishes so
I am not interested in hoarding information or being first to publish
because nothing I do depends on it (tenure, title, etc.)

I have enjoyed reading TSCP (and other chess engines) and certainly don't
try to be a "firster".

TSCP would be advised to use hash moves however because there is benefit
beyond relation to PV.

Stuart




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