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reversed-color transpositions

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:31 pm
by jack512
Do today's engines check for reversed-color transpositions in their transposition table? I'm guessing they don't, since these would only tend to happen near the starting position, where the opening book is being used instead of search.

Re: reversed-color transpositions

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:32 pm
by matthewlai
jack512 wrote:Do today's engines check for reversed-color transpositions in their transposition table? I'm guessing they don't, since these would only tend to happen near the starting position, where the opening book is being used instead of search.
No they don't, and yes that's why.

Re: reversed-color transpositions

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:33 pm
by Nordlandia
In Fritz gui nowadays i can confirm it mirrors positions for white and black.