Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 08:32:36 08/24/04
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On August 24, 2004 at 11:29:42, Álvaro Begué wrote: > >>>If I evaluate a position using the quiescence search and that returns "mate in >>>5", how can I be sure that it's really a mate in 5 if the quiescence search >>>hasn't explored all the possible moves? > >You are right: it is possible that there is a faster mate. > >>Q-search will never return mate in 5. > >Why not? If you include checks and check evasion, it can return mate in 5 with >no problem. Most people don't do infinite depth of q-checks. I tried once and got a selective depth of 61 on a 2 ply search, and then it crashed on the 3 ply search ;) You would not believe the stupid lines it was looking at . . . anthony
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