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Subject: Re: Killer Move Heuristic Questions

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 01:50:01 06/24/99


>Posted by Robert Hyatt on June 03, 1999 at 22:44:02:

From an older posting....

>>Should a hash table move precede the PV?

I always understood "PV move" = "hash table move".

What is the difference?

>I don't have a "PV" option.  After each iteration, the first thing I do
>is 'stuff' the PV moves into the hash table... which means that following the
>hash table move will suck me right down the PV as I want...  all without having
>to have _any_ special code in the move ordering stuff...

"Stuff the PV moves into the hash table", what does this mean?

Maybe we have you can explain about your definition of PV as we
might have a different one :)

Ed Schroder


>The other answer is 'yes' pv should come first... but if done right, the
>PV should be in the hash table, so there should never be a 'choice' anyway...



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