Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 01:57:09 03/25/01
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On March 25, 2001 at 03:51:02, Pham Minh Tri wrote: >Hi, >I am wondering why we do not search checking moves (moves check opponent king >but do not capture) in qsearch function. I think they are not “quiescence” and >should be searched as capture moves. Does anyone try them? >Thank very much for any explanation. >Pham I suspect some do. It will be interesting to hear from them. Mine is little more than a swap function. I think Bruce once said he had replaced his Qsearch with a swap function with little effect. The Qsearch (since it severely restricted what is considers) is full of errors anyway. Best thing is try both ways, since the impact probably depends on what you do in your main search.
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