Author: Gerd Isenberg
Date: 23:54:15 01/22/02
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On January 22, 2002 at 22:21:57, Brian Richardson wrote: >I think most programs detect mate as part of searching for a legal moves (not >left in check). Naturally, if there are none, then it is mate (if in check to >begin with), or stalemate otherwise. Some progams are more sophisticated and >have different routines to generate "all" moves when not in check, or only >check evasions when in check, but either way mates are found in the search >routine, not in the evaluation function. sure, but static mate detection sees it on ply before - specially in leave nodes, when there is only a quite move which mates. > Of course, if it is relatively "cheap" for you >to do as part of your evaluation function king safety anyway, why not experiment >a little? that's what i do.
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