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Subject: Re: Pseudo Code

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 14:05:26 12/27/04

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José,

>>  Hi Steve,
>>  Why "and (not_in_check)"? I mean, if you're going to reduce because you're
>>  almost sure you're gonna fail low, being in check is not likely to
>>  suddenly make you fail high... Am I missing something?

As Uri said, if you're in check then it's not really a quiet position.  IMO the
History Pruning heuristic can be useful for pruning the "Reh1" type moves.

Steve



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