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Subject: Re: MVA/LVA sorting order

Author: Peter McKenzie

Date: 23:45:52 03/11/99

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On March 12, 1999 at 02:26:49, JW de Kort wrote:

>Hi chess friends,
>
>I have a small basic question about MVA/LVA move ordering. I have come across
>this methode a few time, but i'am not sure what it accectly means?
>
>Does it mean to sort captures:
>
>1. Acoording to the difference of the capturing piece and the captured piece
>
>or
>
>2. Sort all captures first using the piece value of the most valued captured
>piece and as a second critrium use the value of the capturing piece.
>
>e.g suposse we have the following possible captures: PxN, PxR, QxR
>
>using methode 1: PxR, PxN, QxR
>using methode 2: PxR, QxR, PxN
>
>Wich one is MVA/LVA?

It is method 2.
As a finesse, you can try sorting King captures first (so KxR comes before PxR).

>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Jan Willem



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