- // Winning and equal captures in the main search are ordered by MVV/LVA.
- // Suprisingly, this appears to perform slightly better than SEE based
- // move ordering. The reason is probably that in a position with a winning
- // capture, capturing a more valuable (but sufficiently defended) piece
- // first usually doesn't hurt. The opponent will have to recapture, and
- // the hanging piece will still be hanging (except in the unusual cases
- // where it is possible to recapture with the hanging piece). Exchanging
- // big pieces before capturing a hanging piece probably helps to reduce
- // the subtree size.
+ // Winning and equal captures in the main search are ordered by MVV, preferring
+ // captures near our home rank. Suprisingly, this appears to perform slightly
+ // better than SEE based move ordering: exchanging big pieces before capturing
+ // a hanging piece probably helps to reduce the subtree size.