Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 09:26:22 03/25/01
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On March 25, 2001 at 06:22:20, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: >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 Exactly! >>Thank very much for any explanation. >>Pham
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