Question about SEE (Static exchange evaluation)

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Re: Question about SEE (Static exchange evaluation)

Post by Tony »

OliverBr wrote:
Thomas Gaksch wrote:Hello Oliver,
you can reduce a lot of nodes in QS if you only take capture moves where SEE >= 0.
I see. This seems to be a common pattern. but I think it is dangerous. I can create situations where SEE is just wrong (due to pinned pieces), and so you leave out good moves in your QS. This yields to different results...
If SEE was never wrong, what would be the point of a quiescence search ?

Tony