Author: Ulrich Tuerke
Date: 03:22:20 03/25/01
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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? Of course, there are many program trying this. At least I'd bet so. It's a rather old idea, which had been already used by some pioneers of computer chess. But one has to be very carefully because it tends to explode the trees. I guess that one should generate captures only in interesting position (e.g. not too far from the full search horizon). Uli >Thank very much for any explanation. >Pham
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