====== Chess - Programming - Lazy Evaluation ======

Extending the concept of alpha-beta pruning to evaluation, we may terminate the evaluation early (thus approximating the true value of a position) if the score exceeds beta by a given margin (or falls below alpha by the same margin). 

This saves time evaluating positions that do not require a detailed analysis, but may lead to inaccuracies if the margin used is too small.

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