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Subject: Re: How to order moves

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 15:32:40 03/30/00

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On March 30, 2000 at 15:04:09, Inmann Werner wrote:

>On March 30, 2000 at 11:07:16, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>
>>Here is mine:
>>
>>1.  hash table move.
>>2.  captures that don't appear to lose material using a SEE procdedure,
>>ordered from biggest gain to equal exchanges.
>>3.  2 killer moves.
>>4.  up to 4 history ordered moves (history heuristic)
>>5.  rest of the moves.
>
>question to 5)
>here is the rest of the non capturing moves and the "loosing capture" moves.
>Which of them should be searched first?
>
>IMHO the non capturing moves.
>
>Werner


In my case, losing captures come first, but only because that is the way they
appear in the list.  IE I generate captures, sift the good ones to the top, and
leave the lemons at the bottom.  Later I generate the rest of the moves and add
to the list, which places them after the lemons...



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