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

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 20:43:19 10/07/99

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On October 07, 1999 at 21:21:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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...

This may cure some symptoms but it does not solve the problem.

bruce




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