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Subject: Re: When to stop searching captures?

Author: John Coffey

Date: 12:31:59 09/17/98

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>But within that framework, I look at captures as deeply as I can follow them,
>which *could* be 30 plies although it is nearly impossible to construct a
>position where that might happen...
>

Maybe so, but experience has shown that it is possible to have 20 captures
in a row if something isn't done to narrow down the field.

Thanks a bunch,

John Coffey



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