Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:54:35 08/28/02
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On August 28, 2002 at 12:13:11, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On August 28, 2002 at 11:01:52, Jayakumar Ramanathan wrote: > >the truth is that all you will find out is a very primitif information >about it in programs like gnuchess and crafty which are open source. > >the real good evaluations are top secret, both from most amateurs as well >as from commercials. so please what you see in these programs gives >a good idea how it works. it doesn't represent quantity or quality of >the real ones. > The inverse is also true. Just because you _can't_ see it doesn't mean that the quantity/quality is any better than what you _can_ see... >>What is the best place to read about how chess evaluation functions are >>constructed? I am not an expert in programming but would like to know the >>details of how numerical values are assigned to various positional concepts >>(material, open files, etc.) and how they are weighted in the final value that >>the routine outputs. >> >>Thanks in advance, >>diomedesX
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