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Subject: Re: Problem with draws by rep and hash table

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:21:39 10/07/99

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On October 07, 1999 at 20:45:08, James Robertson wrote:

>My search currently decides a position is drawn if it has repeated twice. I
>think this is causing my search to sometimes stuff 2nd rep draw values into the
>hash table that can be retrieved for positions with different history's. Is this
>a problem? What do other people do? Could I just not store any draw values in
>the hash table? Should I go to draw by 3rd rep?
>
>Thanks,
>James


Dave Slate used to advocate not storing draws in hash table.  Ken Thompson
and I both did (and I still do).  Either way has its drawbacks...

• Re: Problem with draws by rep and hash table Peter McKenzie 20:45:47 10/07/99
  • Re: Problem with draws by rep and hash table Bruce Moreland 00:06:56 10/08/99
    • Re: Problem with draws by rep and hash table Peter McKenzie 01:30:12 10/08/99
      • Re: Problem with draws by rep and hash table Bruce Moreland 09:17:01 10/08/99
• Re: Problem with draws by rep and hash table Bruce Moreland 20:43:19 10/07/99
  • Re: Problem with draws by rep and hash table Robert Hyatt 21:48:14 10/07/99

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