Author: Thomas McBurney
Date: 20:46:18 03/03/03
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On March 03, 2003 at 22:25:23, John Wentworth2 wrote: >As a beginner chess programmer, I am having trouble getting my mind wrapped >around evaluating any given chess position. Seems like there must be an endless >amount of factors when applying a score to a potential move. > > >Knights in the center are worth more than on the outside edges > >Assign a penalty for doubled pawns,tripled pawns > >Allowing pins to take place gets a penalty > >Causing a pin gets rewarded > >Penalty for exposing the King to attack > >Reward for castling etc. etc. > > >Do most programs have a list similiar to this? How many factors are there? Also probably a good idea for your evaluation functions to distinguish the difference between opening, middle and end game. You can then apply different goals and chess knowledge for each phase of the game. Cheers, Tom.
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