Author: Horace Ho
Date: 21:57:18 01/08/99
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On January 08, 1999 at 18:01:17, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... How about the question if quiesce should include checks? Thanks again
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