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==Strelka==
Similar code appears in [[Jury Osipov|Jury Osipov's]] [[:Category:Open Source Engines|open source engine]] [[Strelka|Strelka 2.0]] <ref>[http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm Download] by [http://www.sdchess.ru/ sdchess.ru]</ref> , failing a bit harder. The interesting thing is the missing <span style="background-color: #d6d6d6;">new_value < beta</span> condition in the <span style="background-color: #d6d6d6;">depth = 1</span> case. If the static [[Evaluation|evaluation]] indicates a [[Node Types#ALL|fail-low node]], but q-search [[Fail-High|fails high]], the score of the reduced fail-high search is returned, since there was obviously a winning capture raising the score, and one assumes a [[Quiet Moves|quiet move]] near the horizon will not do better <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/8695c3373be2b379# Razoring] by [[Joe Stella]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 31, 1995</ref> .
''Strelka.c line 393'' (slightly modified for clarification) [[user:GerdIsenberg]]

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