Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 08:41:24 03/25/99
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On March 25, 1999 at 06:33:33, JW de Kort wrote: >On March 25, 1999 at 02:38:37, Steffen Jakob wrote: > >>On March 25, 1999 at 02:16:49, JW de Kort wrote: >> >>[...] >> >>> But i still have a question. How does this search terminate in a case were >>>both players can make equal captures in reply to the move of the other player? >> >>I would be very surprised if you could generate some more capture moves after 30 >>captures in a row. :-) >> >>Greetings, >>Steffen. > > >I think that is difficult too. But suppose it happesn often, is not this a waste >of time? Or does this not happen in rela life! > >Greetings Jan Willem There can be no more than 30 consecutive captures (and I doubt that ever happens even in the search). There are only 32 pieces at the beggining of the game, and the kings can not be captured. So there are at most 30 captures in a chess game, and it is very unlikely they can be consecutive (this can be a good theme for a chess composition).
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