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Subject: Re: Another good underpromotion test position

Author: Matthias Gemuh

Date: 11:52:34 07/24/03

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On July 24, 2003 at 10:35:46, Tord Romstad wrote:

>>>
>>
>>BigLion ? no checks in QSearch().
>
>OK, this confirms my suspicion that checks in qsearch have a great influence
>on the solution time at this position.
>
>Have you tried searching checks in qsearch?  It is worth a try, IMHO.  It
>seems that different people have very different experiences with this, but my
>program plays much worse in the middle game when I remove the checks.  In
>the endgame it is less clear; I am currently experimenting with this.
>
>Tord



BigLion is very slow, so checks in QSearch() almost halt the engine :).

/Matthias.

• Checks in QSearch (Was: Re: Another good underpromotion test position) Tord Romstad 03:17:57 07/25/03
  • Re: Checks in QSearch (Was: Re: Another good underpromotion test position) Uri Blass 05:25:16 07/25/03
    • Re: Checks in QSearch (Was: Re: Another good underpromotion test positio Tord Romstad 06:09:58 07/25/03

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