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Subject: Re: Quiescent Explosion

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 01:01:28 06/27/03

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On June 27, 2003 at 01:23:29, Slater Wold wrote:

>On June 27, 2003 at 01:00:17, macaroni wrote:
>
>>thats the thing, how do I select 'good captures'? I can order them (biggest
>>piece captured, smallest capturer), but what possible methods are there for
>>checking 'good captures only'?
>>Thanks
>
>Depending on how fast your engine is, most people do a normal 6-8 ply search
>(without QS), and then apply their QS evaluator to lines where there are
>captures, checks, & promotions.  That's probably the easiest implementation.

It seems unlikely that anyone does this. What you're talking about would require
a breadth first search, which, AFAIK, only Ulf Lorenz has tried to do, and then
only partially...

-Tom



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