Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 06:11:33 02/09/03
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On February 08, 2003 at 19:53:17, Andrew Williams wrote: >Well I'm not sure that I should be offering advice, since Chezzz outplayed PM >for most of this game, but anyway... > Not when it mattered :) >I've only very recently implemented an outside passer bonus. It says that if >there's a passer on a, b or g, h AND the pieces that the opponent has are all on >the far three files, give a big bonus to the passer. If the opponent has pieces >which are not on the far three files, the passer gets a bonus for being outside, >but it's not as high. Passers on a/h get bigger bonuses than passers on b/g in >all cases. The bonus is based on how far from promotion the passer is, and how >many pieces the opponent has. > >My program has a bonus for the case where one side has passers on both sides of >the board. That bonus gets bigger if the other side only has Knights (or has no >pieces at all of course). My program underestimates united passers at the >moment. > >My program extends one ply when a pawn reaches the 7th rank. > >Andrew Thanks for the info! /David
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