Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 23:57:37 11/26/00
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On November 26, 2000 at 13:18:52, Bruce Moreland wrote: >1) MVV/LVA. You take the *value* (pawn=100, minor=300, etc.) of the taken >piece, and subtract the *index* (pawn=0, knight=1, bishop=2, rook=3, etc.) of >the attacking piece, and sort this from high to low, and just search them all. I always thought MVV/LVA was taking the value of the taken piece and subtracting the value of the taking piece. I've never heard of it this way. Why would it work better? When you say index do you imply that the indexes run from lowest valued piece to highest? -- GCP
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