Author: Dan Honeycutt
Date: 21:33:37 08/03/04
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On August 04, 2004 at 00:09:10, Uri Blass wrote: >On August 03, 2004 at 22:07:58, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>In a thesis paper on hardware move generation, the author found better success >>with MVV/MVA than MVV/LVA for normal search (as opposed to quiescent). >>http://www.macs.ece.mcgill.ca/~mboul/ICGApaper.pdf has this: >> >>"The arbiters are also capable of dynamically reversing priorities, thereby >>permitting two different move ordering schemes: most-valuable-victim / >>least-valuable-aggressor (MVV/LVA) and most-valuable-victim / >>most-valuableaggressor >>(MVV/MVA). This is labeled MVV/XVA. It was observed that MVV/MVA is the better >>of the two move ordering methods during full-width tree searching (13% fewer >>nodes, 10 opening-game test positions used). However, in quiescence search, >>MVV/LVA is the preferred ordering (9% fewer nodes, same test positions). It >>seems logical that during capture search, it is better to capture with the >>least-valued pieces first. In full-width searching, the stronger pieces >>typically cause the most damage and/or board control, explaining the somewhat >>unorthodox MVV/MVA move ordering." > > >Are you sure that capturing with the king cause the most demage in full-width >search? > >I think that it may be better to capture with another piece because capturing >with the king can cause king safety problems. > >Uri If the MVV is attacked by the king I don't see hou you could go wrong - no recapture to worry about. Dan H.
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