Author: Tom King
Date: 04:48:31 03/13/99
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On March 12, 1999 at 02:45:52, Peter McKenzie wrote: >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). Is this good (King captures first)? Doesn't this go against the definition of MVVLVA? > >> >>Thanks in advance >> >>Jan Willem
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