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Subject: Re: definition of fh first move

Author: Michael Henderson

Date: 14:26:44 09/19/04

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On September 19, 2004 at 16:44:18, Robert Hyatt 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
>
>
>No.  After you generate moves (which is after the null-move search, hash probe,
>repetition check, etc) you watch for when you fail high at this ply.  For every
>fail high, increment a counter total_fail_highs, if you are searching the first
>move at this ply, increment another counter fail_highs_on_first.  When the
>search terminates and you print statistics, print fail_highs_on_first * 100 /
>total_fail_highs.  90+ is a good number for most cases...

I can get mid-upper 80's mostly with my program using crafty-style move
ordering.

just some things I noticed:
this stats tends to be higher when you have a steady PV
more acute eval makes it higher--leads to steady PV and easier cutoffs
inaccurate root move ordering has a bad effect on it--i do have this problem



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