Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 01:35:20 12/26/02
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On December 25, 2002 at 21:18:35, Scott Gasch wrote: >My eval counts threats to the king. When it scores a piece, it decides whether >that piece is in position to attack the enemy king, defend the friendly king, or >is just floating around. If a side has many pieces in position to defend the >friendly king I reduce the number of king safety threats the other side has. >This has the effect of not penalizing that side as much for defects to king >safety (like the open H file in the position we are examining). yes. >When I score pawns I see if they are storming the other king's position. These >count as threats to king safety... yes. >My eval is good at some things and terrible at others. I do not think king >safety is one of my strong points but it figures out some positions. Maybe this >one is did a good job with. > >Scott very good, indeed. please continue your efforts. it looks you are on the right track (IMO).
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