pleco 0.5.0

A blazingly-fast chess library.
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//! The minimax algorithm.
use board::*;
use super::*;

pub fn minimax(board: &mut Board, depth: u16) -> ScoringMove {
    if depth == 0 {
        return eval_board(board);
    }

    board.generate_scoring_moves()
        .into_iter()
        .map(|mut m: ScoringMove| {
            board.apply_move(m.bit_move);
            m.score = -minimax(board, depth - 1).score;
            board.undo_move();
            m
        })
        .max()
        .unwrap_or_else(|| match board.in_check() {
            true => ScoringMove::blank(-MATE_V),
            false => ScoringMove::blank(DRAW_V)
        })
}