Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 14:38:47 10/02/98
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On October 02, 1998 at 16:19:08, Dan Homan wrote: >On the idea of a 'dumb as a rock' qsearch.... Mine is even dummer. >I don't use an SEE in the qsearch, but rather simply score the move >based on the value of the attacked pieces minus the value of the >attacking piece (if the attacked piece is defended). This will >avoid some captures that are sound (because sometimes we have multiple >attacks on the square), but it is quite fast and leads to a small qsearch. >I also toss out captures that lose material or don't bring me near >alpha. Basically you'll almost always check P x something, but will almost never check Q x something, right? >Perhaps this is making it too dumb, but even an SEE misses simple >tactics as noted earlier in this thread. It's all a matter of trying to shovel the maximum amount of stuff you can while still getting a manageably small amount of it on your shoes. bruce
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