Author: Geoff
Date: 04:16:15 05/03/03
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Hi Uri
>Let me understand.
>Suppose White has 40 pseudo legal moves when black has 30 pseudo legal moves.
>Do you give white bonus of 1 pawns?
Yes that is exactly right. Do other people also count pawn mobility in the
function ? I didnt do this as I thought it probably wasn't that useful and it
improved speed a tad.
>I think that in this case the bonus is too high.
>I suggest that you try smaller values.
>I read in the past a claim that a bonus of 0.03 pawns for square may be the
>best.
Thinking about it again I guess that this is a good example of a mistake a
beginner is likely to make. Once you spend time working on adding a feature, the
temptation is to make the alteration too effective, causing an over
compensation. I will modify it to 0.03 and give it another test
Thanks for the help
Geoff
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