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Subject: What is quiescence?

Author: Rich Van Gaasbeck

Date: 10:44:26 07/10/01


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).





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