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SEE on non-capture moves in main search
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PostPost subject: Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search    Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:18 pm Reply to topic Reply with quote
Tord Romstad wrote:
This means that it makes sense to make some extra effort to improve the move ordering at PV nodes. You can afford to do something very expensive, because the PV nodes are very few, and have big sub-trees. I think there is great scope for improvment in this area. Most programs use the same (or almost the same) move ordering techniques in PV nodes as in non-PV nodes. It is hard to believe that this approach is optimal.

I was going to post this, but Tord did it first.

The number of PV nodes as a fraction of the entire node count in a traditional A/B search is extremely small and so aggressive move ordering is justified.

Symbolic's A/B searcher keeps track of "first time down" status of a node which identifies each node as to whether or not it's the first time for the search at a given depth. There are separate flags for first time per iteration and first time per candidate move. The per iteration flag is roughly the same as a PV node identifier, and this triggers much more extensive move ordering efforts.
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SEE on non-capture moves in main search Gary Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:25 pm
      Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:17 am
            Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:03 am
                  Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search ed Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:34 pm
                        Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Sam Hamilton Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:07 am
                        Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:46 am
                  Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:35 pm
                        Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:27 pm
                              Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:05 am
                                    Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:50 am
                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:27 pm
                                                Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:29 pm
                                                      Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:51 am
                                                            Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:54 am
                                                                  Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:57 am
                                                            Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:22 am
                                                                  Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:05 am
                                                                        Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:31 pm
                                                                              Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:56 pm
                                                                                    Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Steven Edwards Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:44 pm
                                                                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:59 pm
                                                                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:44 pm
                                                                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:40 pm
                                                                                    Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:53 pm
                                                Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:38 am
                                                      Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:59 am
                                                            Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:58 am
                                                                  Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:57 pm
                                                                  Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Peter Fendrich Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:19 pm
                                                                        Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:46 pm
                                                                        Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:51 pm
                                                                              Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Peter Fendrich Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:53 pm
                                                                                    Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:01 pm
                                                                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Peter Fendrich Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:30 pm
                                                                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:46 am
                                                                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Peter Fendrich Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:29 am
                                                                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:23 pm
                                                                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:38 pm
                                                                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Peter Fendrich Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:49 pm
                                                                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tony Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:54 am
                                                                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:24 pm
                                                                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:29 pm
                                    Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:40 am
                              Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:54 am
                                    Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:28 pm
                                          Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:41 pm
                        Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:30 am
                              Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Uri Blass Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:50 am
                                    Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:32 pm
                              Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:16 pm
                              Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Robert Hyatt Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:32 pm
                                    Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:00 pm
      Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Mark Lefler Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:30 am
      Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:28 am
            Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:13 am
                  Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:03 pm
                        Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Tord Romstad Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:39 pm
                              Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search H.G.Muller Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:15 pm
                                    Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Zach Wegner Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:10 pm
                  Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Steven Edwards Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:18 pm
                  Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Rob Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:01 pm
      Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Gary Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:26 am
      Re: SEE on non-capture moves in main search Markoff Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:25 pm
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