Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:14:57 08/02/01
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On August 02, 2001 at 14:55:24, Rich Van Gaasbeck wrote: >When a search is extended when it hasn't reached "quiescence", what exactly does >that mean? Does it mean that no captures are possible? Is so, it would seem >that seaches would be extended considerably. > >Alternatively, does it mean that the only captures possible are of pieces of >lower value than the capturing piece? Is this is so, then it seems that you >would always stop searching right before the beginning of a combination (which >to me seems like a very non-quiet position). The quick overview: http://www.xs4all.nl/~verhelst/chess/search.html see also: http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/chess5/page2.asp http://www.maths.nott.ac.uk/personal/anw/G13GT1/compch.html#quies http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/180a/990204.html
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