On the other hand if the lazy eval is 5 pawns below alpha, you could skip the rest of the evaluation until you need it for futility pruning decisions after you search the rook recapture...
Actually, if the opponent stands pat in response to the recapture, that itself could be used as evidence that lesser captures are likely to be futile.
Is expensive eval required for QS?
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