Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:29:29 11/12/04
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On November 12, 2004 at 11:59:06, Tony Werten wrote: >On November 11, 2004 at 07:49:01, Richard Pijl wrote: > >>>> 10-> 27.04 -1.27 1. Nxe5 Qe8 2. Be4 cxb4 3. Nxf7 bxc3 >>>> 4. Nh6+ Kg7 5. Bxc3+ Rf6 6. Bxf6+ Kf8 >>>> 7. Bxb7 Qxe2# >>> >>>If your mainline ends in a checkmate, with a -1.27 score, your biggest problem >>>is not "How fast does it solve the position" >> >>Checkmate will always lead to a stand-pat choice in qsearch. Any move will get >>your king taken, so better do nothing and return eval instead. :-) > >You've got to be joking. > >Ignoring checks in quiescence is already questionable, but ignoring checkmates >is nonsens. > >Tony I agree that it is a bad idea to ignore checkmate in quiescence but as far as I know Crafty does it. Uri
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