Author: Larry Griffiths
Date: 06:31:23 09/10/00
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On September 10, 2000 at 09:25:13, Carlos del Cacho wrote: >On September 10, 2000 at 09:10:28, Larry Griffiths wrote: > >>I tried to implement Negamax with cutoffs again yesterday and failed. >> > >Then try again... :) > >>My approach was to take my old alpha beta code and converted it to >>negamax/cutoffs. >> >>I am of the opinion that my scoring function should calculate the highest >>possible positive value for Black Or White instead of the most negative value >>for Black and the most positive value for White. >> > >That's right. In Negamax both players intend to get positive scores so when you >evaluate a position you do it from the perspective of side to move. > >>Is my statement about scoring with Negamax/cutoffs true or am I still missing >>something. >> >>Larry. > >Good luck >Carlos Thanks Carlos, I restored my old code back to alpha/beta, so I will have to back it up again and do the changes all over again. It should not take as long to implement this time. :) Larry.
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