Author: Kelly Patterson
Date: 19:33:39 04/08/00
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On April 08, 2000 at 06:20:30, Severi Salminen wrote: >Hi! > >First of all I have to say what a wonderful feeling it is to see when your >program plays the first real chess game. You started from scratch and there it >is: a chess playing program! It almost won Rebel Decade (strenght=Novice, 2 >plys, no Opening book...)but it was a draw by repetition. But a question arose: > >I have now implemented only material and mobility to evaluation, but now when I >search 4 or 5 plies deep the program plays 1.g3? Why doesn't it play 1.e4? 1.e4 >would seem to give the best mobility after the first move. Is it because I >search ONLY 4 plies deep (so, no iterative deepening)? So, the program knows it >can make the move that increases mobility later? Problem is that it never does >that move. It moves the knight back and forth at corner (the Rebel endgame which >led to draw) thinking it can later move the rook to better position and so on. >Would the deepening solve the problem? When I do 1 ply search, it plays 1.e4. > >Severi Hi Severi -- Indeed, Congratulations! Can I ask if how and when (or if) your profram will be available for general consumption? Freeware, Share, etc.? What did you use to write it? If you have time to answer of course -- I'm certain you're busy polishing the program. Take care, Kelly Patterson
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