Author: Bas Hamstra
Date: 08:48:24 01/06/01
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Maybe a better way to score a "tempo" is to evaluate hanging pieces. Suppose the side to move finds a "good" endposition, with no further captures. It will return a good score...EVEN if all its pieces are totally hanging. It should matter to evaluate that. Best regards, Bas. On January 06, 2001 at 10:57:34, Peter Kasinski wrote: >On January 06, 2001 at 10:45:05, Leen Ammeraal wrote: > >>In qsearch, when no more captures are possible, >>I return the material score, including the >>position evaluation. Should this include >>some extra points for the side that is to move >>rather than ignoring this aspect? >>After all, although there is no time to evaluate >>any further moves, it is likely that the position >>will be improved by the side that is to move. >>I could not detect any improvement of my program >>when I tried. What is usual in this regard? >>If a bonus for the side to move is reasonable, >>how many centipawns should this be? >>Leen Ammeraal > >I think the idea of qsearch is that at the end of these variations no side can >alter the score significantly with one move. I doubt that adding a bonus for >the side to move is helpful. IMHO. > >PK
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