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Subject: Re: "Don't trust draw score" <=Is it true?

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 23:39:53 08/08/01

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On August 08, 2001 at 19:17:47, Martin Giepmans wrote:

>On August 08, 2001 at 17:18:02, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>On August 08, 2001 at 16:43:39, Martin Giepmans wrote:
>>
>>>Yes, I see your point. Now the question is: is there always pollution?
>>>I think 2 conditions are necessary:
>>>(1) The score (+0.20) is influenced by a drawscore that is based on *external*
>>>repetition.
>>>(There is no problem with the influence of internal repetition)
>>
>>No, this is false.  You can get to the same position at the same depth in the
>>same iteration, and have subsequent moves with different repetition
>>consequences.
>>
>I don't see how this could have a negative effect, if you do not use cutoffs
>based on drawscores from the hashtable.

Everything I have said in my posts in this thread is an attempt to show that
draw scores that you encounter influence other scores.

bruce



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