Author: Renze Steenhuisen
Date: 23:36:28 12/01/04
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It is just a few, but I was worried anyway. I don't like tracing bugs at this
moment.
Thanks!
On December 01, 2004 at 17:01:34, Michel Langeveld wrote:
>Is it a lot more nodes ... or just a few more nodes?
>
>Here is a 11 ply search with TSCPGothic (compiled for normal chess):
>
>I think they should be close. I saw examples where with repition on, it
>generates a bit more nodes. I tried 2 positions, and it were all a bit less.
>
>[D]r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq -
>repetition off:
>11* 1212 13030193 16 e2e4 d7d5 e4d5 d8d5 g1f3 c8f5 b1c3 d5d6 f1c4 d6c5 d
>2d3
>repetition on:
>11* 1229 12998060 16 e2e4 d7d5 e4d5 d8d5 g1f3 c8f5 b1c3 d5d6 f1c4 d6c5 d
>2d3
>
>conclusion: a few less nodes
>
>[D]r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq -
>repetition off:
>12* 6039 64176797 -9 g8f6 e1g1 f8c5 d1e2 e8g8 b1c3 f6g4 c3d1 a7a6 b5c4 d
>8f6 g1h1
>repetition on:
>12* 6101 63430117 -9 g8f6 e1g1 f8c5 d1e2 e8g8 b1c3 f6g4 c3d1 a7a6 b5c4 d
>8f6 g1h1
>
>conclusion: a few less nodes
>
>[D]r5k1/1n3p1p/1PN1p1p1/8/p7/4P2P/6PK/3R4 w - -
>repetition off:
>12* 2060 26034077 -60 d1d7 a4a3 d7b7 a3a2 b7c7 a2a1q b6b7 g8g7 c7c8 a8c8
>b7c8q a1e1 c8d7 e1e3
>
>repetition on:
>12* 2356 29480990 -60 d1d7 a4a3 d7b7 a3a2 b7c7 g8g7 b6b7 a2a1q c7c8 a8c8
>b7c8q a1e1 c8d7 e1e3
>
>conclusion: a few _more_ nodes
>
>I don't mind to try more positions if you want.
>
>This is what I use in TSCPGothic for repetition check:
>
>/* reps() returns the number of times the current position
> has been repeated. It compares the current value of hash
> to previous values. */
>
>int reps(void)
>{
> int i;
> int r = 0;
>
> for (i = hply - fifty; i < hply; ++i)
> if (hist_dat[i].hash == dynhash)
> ++r;
> return r;
>}
>
>Let me know if you can optimize this even more further.
>
>In search I do:
>
>check first reps,
>then lookup hash,
>the quiescense search,
>then nullmove,
>then generation of moves,
>then score them,
>then play them with selectsort,
>then I check for mate/stalemate
>then I check for fifty moves in a row,
>then I store end
>return function
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