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Subject: Re: What is the value of a pawn on the 7th rank in centipawns ?

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 12:04:23 06/21/03

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On June 21, 2003 at 15:01:46, Andrew Williams wrote:

>On June 21, 2003 at 14:03:14, Andrea Griffini wrote:
>
>>Sorry for the funky topic... but i wonder how do strong program
>>evaluate advanced pawns. I added a bonus table for free pawns
>>and multiple free pawns that get up to 300 when they're on the
>>7th rank, but this makes the program quite happy to sac pieces
>>to get there. Sometimes it works (especially against humans in
>>blitz games) but sometimes it doesn't. For example in
>>
>>2kr1b1r/ppp1nppp/2n1pq2/3P4/8/2N1BB2/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 11
>>
>>my program was happy to play dxc6 (score +2.3) in a 3 0 game
>>against another computer even after analyzing just a few
>>plys. So may be in this position really dxc6 is a winning
>>move (really can't tell from my 1500 ELO rating :D... and
>>the chess programs I have don't agree) but this is not
>>the point.
>
>My program likes dxc6 with a score initially to score.
> [snip]
>

Sorry. This should say, "with a score which is initially similar to your score".

Andrew



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