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Subject: Re: Help! My program is a girly man!

Author: Michael Henderson

Date: 17:48:15 09/04/04

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On September 04, 2004 at 08:22:26, zaid magi wrote:

>thats my suggestion: u should treat being mated different than mating.
>so when u are check mating your oponent use: return (Infinity - Ply)
>but when u are being mated, use: return (Inifinity + MaterialBalance)
>so it will want to be mated but still having material advantage.

Wouldn't this lead to you taking a mate in 1 with lots of material over giving
up lots of material to get a mated in 8 (and wasting opponent's time). I don't
see it as any improvement but maybe someone likes that style?...



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