Author: Tim Foden
Date: 16:01:14 12/06/00
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On December 06, 2000 at 15:38:18, David Rasmussen wrote: >I like determining the extensions in the beginning of Search(), because I think >it makes the function cleaner, with the central loop not cluttered with >extension code, and also, there is no need for extension code in the rootsearch >function if you have one. I used to do it this way. The only reason I changed to the way Crafty does it is that it means I always extend out of check before the q-search. It also means that the last level of normal search will detect checkmates, so you tend to see them 1 ply earlier. Cheers, Tim.
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