Author: Roland Pfister
Date: 03:54:08 06/02/98
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On June 02, 1998 at 06:41:08, Inmann Werner wrote: >On June 02, 1998 at 06:22:48, Roland Pfister wrote: > >>Alpha-beta is not the problem, you are just evaluating a non quiet >>position. all capture moves are bad but the program hopes to have >>not losing non-capture moves. This is usually the case. >>But not in this position :-( >> >>You could try to check for such an exception, but that is expensive. >> >>Roland. > >OK. The Problem is the quiet search. I accept. >Has anybody tried to learn the quiet search non qiet positions, and is >the slow down worth? > >Werner Years ago I experimented with the evaluation of "hanging pieces", but it did not pay off. But feel free to do your own experiments. One warning: test over a lot of positions. If you only test it with few positions your results might be misleading. And also play games with your program. There are many WinBoard engines available now. See what kind of game your program produces. Roland
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