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Subject: SmarThink 0.17 prerelease!

Author: Sergei S. Markoff

Date: 03:38:09 10/01/03


Hello All!

SmarThink 0.17a[lpha] now available on aigroup site.
Unfortunately it still haven't UCI and also some time-management bugs are not
fixed. But the engine is improved.

Changes:
- fixed bug in king safety evalustion;
- added evaluation for half-supported pawns;
- added special evaluation for consequent promotions perspective;
- improved interior-node recognition;
- fixed minor bug in pawn races evaluation;
- pawn advances evalustion changed;
- additional knowledge for "pawns vs bishop" endgames;
- changed evaluation for "good bishop";
- check evasions generator improved;
- move-ordering for check evasions and pawn promotions improved;
- quiescence alhorythm improved;
- added new quasy-Bitvinnik search extension;
- added "one reply" extension;
- added evalustion for out-quadrant pawns for non-pure pawn endgames;
- changed evalustion of pawns on the bishop colour;
- history-based pruning improved;
- improved evaluation for "rook vs pawns" endgame;
- several optimizations.

http://www.aigroup.narod.ru/SmarThink.htm
http://www.aigroup.narod.ru/SmarThinke.htm
http://www.aigroup.narod.ru/SmarThinkd.htm
http://www.aigroup.narod.ru

Best wishes,
Sergei



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