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Subject: Re: Bonus points for side to move in qsearch?

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 07:43:57 01/08/01

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On January 07, 2001 at 06:12:48, José Carlos wrote:

>On January 06, 2001 at 19:23:32, Robert Hyatt 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 have tried this in the past, and didn't like the result.
>>I have heard others say the same thing.
>
>  I tried it too, with no good result.
>
>  José C.

I wonder if anybody has tried a penalty, i.e. a negative bonus, for the side to
move. If adding a (positive) bonus does not give good results, perhaps this
makes sense.
José.



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