Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 09:57:03 07/11/03
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On July 10, 2003 at 12:42:50, Keith Evans wrote: >Russell Reagan has a quote about that book on >the page, so maybe he could comment. Yes, he has several quotes from me on his webpage, and I don't remember making all of them. I'm not saying he made them up. We have emailed back and forth for years. One of them just doesn't sound like something I would say. Regardless, I really enjoy Dan's writings, and I would recommend them to beginners and weaker players. I have read the book, Elements of Positional Evaluation, and it has led me to some ideas to try out. There is nothing directly applicable that isn't well known to any chess programmer (i.e. there is nothing new you can read about and then directly implement in an evaluation function that you don't already know about). But I think it may be a decent source of ideas, and it is interesting in any case. I found myself thinking, "maybe I can combine this and that..." or "maybe I can change this idea slightly and it will work well...", and that kind of stuff. If nothing else it shows you "how to think" about what makes up an advantage in chess, which could help you discover new ideas.
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