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Subject: Re: King Safety ??

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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