Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:38:47 09/17/99
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On September 17, 1999 at 09:47:34, Dan Andersson wrote: >The real issue is concrete variations as always, it does not matter if it is >easy to do or not but if its possible at all. I think this goal of yours is >dangerously close to the magic evaluation function that gives exact arbitration >of chess positions without search. It might work very good in practical chess >though. > >Regards Dan Andersson If you think about it, my 'outside passed pawn' evaluation already does that, although it can obviously be wrong, as Fine gives several positions where an outside passer is not winning. I tried to code the exceptions, like an outside passer doesn't win if the opponent has a protected passer, unless the side with the outside passer can make a passer on the other side of the board also, unless... But it does work well... it is just getting complicated when I add one more level of indirection with (now) candidate outside passers. Which is better: one candidate outside passer one one real passer in the center of the board? That gets messy and needs some search to resolve...
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