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Subject: Re: MVA/LVA sorting order

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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