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Subject: Tempted by a capture

Author: Horace Ho

Date: 12:01:58 01/08/99


After a check-escape-check-escape-capture, my program
is satisfied after the quiesce search. However, my opponent
can mate-in-1 after that capture.

Besides, the capture in fact leads my side to a bad position
It thinks that's ok after this capture at end of quiesce search,
no re-capture is found. However, it does not check one more ply
to find the mate-in-1.

Here comes my question:

1. Should I generate check moves in quiesce search?
   (I consider those costly, comparing with captures.)
2. Is there a way to prevent the checkmate-in-1 after
   this kind of check-check-capture?

Thanks
horace



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