The thread on Fat Fritz 2 encouraged me to download and install Stockfish 13.
When I run it, I see this analysis window:
What's the 17.0% telling me? With my previous engine that box was always empty. In the time it's taken me to write this post the number has increased to 97.5%.
Stockfish 13
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Ian Thompson
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MSoszynski
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Re: Stockfish 13
Hash (transposition table) usage.
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Phil Neatherway
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Re: Stockfish 13
Er, what does that mean?
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Ian Thompson
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Re: Stockfish 13
It's what it uses to store its assessment of positions it's already evaluated, so it doesn't have to evaluate them again if the same position arises in multiple variations.
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E Michael White
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Re: Stockfish 13
Hi Phil, The term "hash table" as used for chess engine computer programs is not the usual meaning or purpose compared to applications in general computing, although hashing techniques are used. This is similar to misuse of the word "variance" when chess ratings are discussed.