Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:31:54 02/21/04
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On February 21, 2004 at 08:23:59, Andrew Wagner wrote: >The position is [D]r2q1rk1/ppp4p/2n2b2/3bppp1/Q7/P2PBNP1/1P2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1 > >The idea of course is to find Bxg5 Bxg5 Nxg5 Bxg2 (Qxg5 Bxd5) Qh4!(threatening >mate while defending the knight) 1-0 > >and I'm sure most engines would find that very easily. The question is a.) Is >this a move quiescence should find, and how? and b.) How do you keep from >pruning this move via SEE or MVVLA if you have them implemented? I would hope no one does pruning if they use MVV/LVA. It doesn't provide enough information for reliable pruning decisions... As far as your question goes, Crafty won't spot Bxg5 until depth 8 so my q-search has no chance whatsoever.
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