Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:20:07 04/09/01
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On April 09, 2001 at 16:49:21, Normand M. Blais wrote: >On April 09, 2001 at 16:21:56, Andrei Fortuna wrote: > > >>positional score > 2 PAWN_VALUE. And that will hurt my quiescence and my >>futility pruning if I assume that 2*PAWN_VALUE is max positional score. It all >>boils down to the magnitude of the positional scores versus pawn value, I think >>I have to choose either to keep big bonuses and turn futility off (or set a >>bigger margin for futility but in that case it would make futility more >>inefficient) or keep small bonuses and enjoy the reductions I get from futility >>and quiescence. > >What if you multiply the value of the material by 10 (i.e. pawn = 1000 Knight = >3000 Bishop = 3000 Rook = 5000 Queen = 10000 ) and keep the positional score as >it is. > >N.M.B. Then you become _very_ materialistic. You will grab pawns whenever possible, even if it wrecks your king position. You will grab a pawn but leave your opponent with an outside passer that wins. Etc...
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