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Subject: Re: how to program a chess endgame.

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 10:55:04 04/03/98

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On April 03, 1998 at 08:08:33, Pat Butler wrote:

>
>      Christophe,
>       Thanks  your three sugestions for the
>            endgame,which I will try to implement.I did not have hashing
>in my program.
>       The  move selection is the one I dont really know how to go
>about.I have done this for the middlegame ok
>    .But to limit moves for the end game seems much more complicated.Is
>there any general or obvious guidelenes to
>follow for endgame move selection??
>  Pat.

Not really. But I think some selection schemes don't apply to endgames.

For example, some captures can be safely pruned in middle game, but it's
risky to prune them in the endgame. Just my opinion, it needs to be
verified.


    Christophe



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