Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:01:17 01/08/99
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On January 08, 1999 at 15:01:58, Horace Ho wrote: >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 one solution is to simply hope you search deep enough that it doesn't cause problems. I see the same thing, but I don't find myself losing games because of this, although I have seen an occasional PV from the search where crafty was winning material but the last move was the opponent mating it with a capture. Fortunately it has a chance to vary before getting to that move, if you go deeply enough...
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