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Subject: Re: Staged evaluation

Author: Alessandro Scotti

Date: 05:05:49 10/21/04

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On October 20, 2004 at 13:40:17, Tord Romstad wrote:

>A simple way to solve this problem is to compute several values, and to
>interpolate between them depending on the material left.  This is what I have
>always done.  At all nodes, my evaluation
>function computes two values, a midgame eval and an endgame eval.  If the total
>non-pawn
>material remaining is at least 2 queens + 2 rooks + 4 minor pieces, I return the
>midgame eval.
>If the total non-pawn material is less than 4 rooks + 2 minor pieces, I return
>the endgame eval.
>When the material is somewhere between, I return an interpolated value.

Thanks Tord, I think I'm going to try something like that.



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