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Subject: Evaluation functions and databases

Author: Mario Petrilli

Date: 16:14:34 12/20/98


I've noticed that quite a few of the professional chess programs claim as a
positive feature of their software package the inclusion of a large games
database.  Why is this not a demerit of the evaluation function?  That is, if
the evaluation function is sufficiently strong, it should not require a
database.  Rather, it should perform an evaluation purely based on the intrinsic
properties of the chess position.

Anyone with knowledge of evaluation functions please comment.



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