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Subject: Re: triangular array vs. walking the hash table

Author: Stuart Cracraft

Date: 21:15:42 09/20/04

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On September 20, 2004 at 00:56:26, Michael Henderson wrote:

>>>1. When you make a two-square pawn move, and the opponent cannot make an ep
>>>capture, do you hash-xor the "target" ep square in the hash table?
>>
>>Currently no special handling is done for the hash table in regards to
>>enpassant. That information is not recorded in any way.
>
>What I meant to say was do you hash in any ep target stuff into the hash key
>when you make a two-square pawn move, whether opponent can capture ep or not?
>
>Michael

I don't do this and hadn't considered it.

What side effects would you expect from the absence of this?



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