Author: Normand M. Blais
Date: 16:29:38 04/20/01
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On April 20, 2001 at 17:58:22, José Carlos wrote: >On April 20, 2001 at 15:49:33, Normand M. Blais wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I'm using the following: >> >>#define ENDING \ >>((pawn_mat[side]+pawn_mat[xside] <= 1200) && \ >>(piece_num[side]+piece_num[xside] <= 5)) >> >> >>Assuming a value of 1000 for a pawn and that the kings or the pawns are not >>counted as a pieces for "piece_num", is the expression above correct? >> >>Thank you for your help. >> >>NMB > > There doesn't exist a 'correct expression'. Even strong humans disagree >sometimes about whether a postion is late midgame or early endgame. > Anyway, I'd suggest you not to count the pawns at all. BTW, I suspect your >value for a pawn is 100 rather than 1000. Otherwise, you're saying it's not >endgame phase until there's only one pawn on the board. > > José C. Thanks. You are right. I ment 100 not 1000. NMB
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