Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:32:30 06/17/02
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On June 17, 2002 at 01:11:12, Slater Wold wrote: >On June 17, 2002 at 00:51:33, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On June 17, 2002 at 00:16:36, Slater Wold wrote: >> >>>I believe that this position exploits the fact that *most* programmers give a >>>bonus for captures. >> >>I don't know of a single program that does this. >> >>-- >>GCP > >TSCP, and I *think* Crafty did. (At least, ordered capturing moves higher than >non-capture.) Crafty orders the captures based on expected win... But that is only move ordering. Crafty has a capture/dont-capture evaluation term based on endgame criteria. (trade pieces when ahead but not pawns, trade pawns but not pieces when behind). > >It's late, and I don't feel like checking. But I could have sworn that was >pretty much, "common practice". > >Sorry if I am wrong. :)
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