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Subject: Re: Storing mates in the hash table

Author: Alessandro Scotti

Date: 14:32:57 09/05/04

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On September 05, 2004 at 03:24:56, Michael Henderson wrote:

>How was 6...Bxg1 possibly stored as the best move at that node? Once you search
>all the moves, to whatever depth, the best move Qh4# is stored along with score
>returned.  Is this something characteristic of MTD(f)?

It was stored there because it was explored deeper. The search returned Qh4# as
the best move, but then it wasn't stored in the hash table because the
replacement policy (deeper is better) preferred the entry that was already
there.

• Re: Storing mates in the hash table Michael Henderson 20:16:30 09/05/04
  • Re: Storing mates in the hash table Robert Hyatt 07:17:08 09/07/04
    • Re: Storing mates in the hash table Michael Henderson 11:38:10 09/07/04
      • Re: Storing mates in the hash table Robert Hyatt 12:35:47 09/07/04
• Re: Storing mates in the hash table Uri Blass 14:39:03 09/05/04
  • Re: Storing mates in the hash table Alessandro Scotti 16:43:35 09/05/04

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