Author: Michael Henderson
Date: 12:09:31 09/19/04
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On September 19, 2004 at 13:54:15, Andrew Williams wrote: >On September 19, 2004 at 13:23:32, Michael Henderson wrote: > >>I'm confused about the definition of this stat. Does one count null moves and >>hash hits in this? My fh numbers vary dramatically based on what is counted. >>Thanks. >> >>Michael > >It's best thought of as a measure of your move-ordering. So every time the >*first* move you *make* at a node gives you a beta cutoff, increment a counter. >If you get a beta cutoff at the node and it's NOT the first move, increment a >different counter. Then it's (100*firstCounter)/differentCounter, which is the >percentage of your beta cutoffs which occurred on the first move you tried. > >Andrew Sorry I'm still a little confused :) From this I take it null moves not counted in this, since you can't "make" a null move? That means, if you take out null moves, your fh first move stat goes up -- because you can make any real move and get a cutoff on the first move. Michael
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