Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 14:43:39 07/28/99
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On July 28, 1999 at 17:05:53, Kristo Miettinen wrote: >On a lark, I decided to ask Crafty to analyze the opening position in chess >without benefit of an opening book. > >To my surprise, in iteration after depth iteration, Crafty returned a mild >negative evaluation. > >Is this for real? And if so, is it the quirky symptom of an otherwise useful >characteristic in Crafty? > >Just curious! > >Sine cera, > >-Kristo. Yes, it is a symptom of Crafty's asymmetrical evaluation. Crafty penalizes positions with eight pawns, regardless which side it is playing, among other things. José.
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