Author: Chessfun
Date: 20:51:33 11/13/01
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On November 13, 2001 at 23:08:14, Robert Randolph wrote: >I am currently working on writing a new evaluation for my program.. I have been >contemplating an eval based on positional aspects and no direct material count. > >For instance, a white knight on H1 would be worth maybe .2, but a white knight >on E5 would be worth 3.2 Of course these are my actual eval values, but examples >to better iillustrate my idea. > >Has this been done before with any success, or lack there of? > >If it was a plausible idea (as i beleive it could be) what would your >suggestions be for positional advantages and disadvantages in this system, as >they would be fairly differing than those of evals that also rely on material >count. > >-Robert TSCP Tom's simple chess program eval.c seems to address this by adding the value of the location of the piece. If you have a look at eval.c you'll see the square value's Tom used. Although Tom's website http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~kerrigat/ appears to be down. This isn't exactly what your saying, it seems to be a similar idea. Sarah.
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