Author: Scott Gasch
Date: 16:19:21 08/04/99
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On August 04, 1999 at 16:32:10, Tom King wrote: >Hi all, > >What are the pro's and con's of using a static exchange evaluator (SEE) >for pruning captures in the Q. search? My program currently *doesn't* [snip] I just added a SEE call to both the q search and the regular move generator (which sorts the move list before sending it back to my search routine). Perviously I ordered the moves based on MVV/LVA. I saw a 20% speed improvement with the SEE. Between the addition of the SEE and a bug fix (history table values getting too large and messing up move ordering) the program is playing *a lot* faster. Scott
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