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Subject: Re: One Reply Extension

Author: Nobuhiro Yoshimura

Date: 19:15:07 02/20/99

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n February 20, 1999 at 22:03:33, Will Singleton wrote:

>On February 20, 1999 at 21:31:13, Nobuhiro Yoshimura wrote:
>
>>I have a question for how other programmers are  implementing it.
>>When we use iterative-deeping and transposition table, it is very likely
>>to get a good move from a hash table.   Since we get the move without
>>calling a move-generator and start searching, I have no idea whether or
>>not the node has only one move.
>>
>>How do you know ?
>>Do you call a special check routine in order to know the node has a sinlge move
>>when king in check?
>
>
>I was just going to address this issue in my program, so I'm glad you brought it
>up.  I use pseudo-moves to get out of check (king-moves and interposes), so I
>don't know whether there's one reply or not.  So I'm thinking of changing back
>to the way I used to do it, which is a special get-out-of-check routine that
>only gives legal moves.  I thought it was slow, but maybe it will be worthwhile.
>
>But I don't allow hash probes when in check (or killers or anything else), so I
>always call the generator.  If your generator gives legal rather than
>pseudo-legal, then you might try that.
>

What is the reason not using the hash move when you in check?



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