Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 09:24:47 03/25/01
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On March 25, 2001 at 12:17:56, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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 > >A non-capturing fork is also not quiescence, and so is a move that attacks the >queen with a pawn. In general i think one should try moves that change score drastically. Capturing a piece is of course changing score drastically, but for me there are many other moves too. Like if my queen was attacked sometimes that caused for some reasons big score. Like 3 pawns difference in playing or not playing it. So in that case i do such moves too! >You have to draw the line somewhere. Draw it wherever you think it makes your >program strongest. >bruce
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