Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:03:25 02/25/02
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On February 25, 2002 at 17:13:18, Benny Antonsson wrote: >Hi ! > >I have a constant value called DRAW_VALUE = 0. >This constant is used in e.g. the evaluation function, if the position is >a known draw, or in the serach if the position is a stalemate and so on. > >My question is: Can I change this constant to say -30 or something like that, >and this will work as a contempt factor... or are there things I'm missing here >? That's all there is too it. :) Just beware of making it too big or too small. I have gone as small as -1.00 (ie a draw is as bad as losing a pawn).. to +1.00, which means a draw is as good as winning a pawn.
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