Author: Álvaro Begué
Date: 08:29:42 08/24/04
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>>If I evaluate a position using the quiescence search and that returns "mate in >>5", how can I be sure that it's really a mate in 5 if the quiescence search >>hasn't explored all the possible moves? You are right: it is possible that there is a faster mate. >Q-search will never return mate in 5. Why not? If you include checks and check evasion, it can return mate in 5 with no problem.
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