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Subject: Re: Crafty's »computer« command?

Author: Bryan Hofmann

Date: 07:56:01 02/04/04

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On February 04, 2004 at 09:49:37, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On February 04, 2004 at 06:16:53, Mike S. wrote:
>
>>In the Crafty doc, I found:
>
>>
>>Does the search and evaluation remain the same (so that results from test suites
>>should be the same), with or without computer option?
>
>No.  "computer" also disables some asymmetry in the evaluation that is more
>important when playing humans that want to "close" the position whenever
>possible.
>

Strange, the only thing I see is the follow for pawn ram penalty that is not
calculated if the computer command is used.



/*
 ************************************************************
 *                                                          *
 *   now add in the pawn ram penalty.  the idea here is     *
 *   that rams hinder tactics by blocking the position,     *
 *   which sidesteps the computer's strong point.           *
 *                                                          *
 ************************************************************
 */
  if (use_asymmetry && !computer_opponent) {
    if (root_wtm) {
      if (TotalWhitePawns > 5)
        score -= pawn_rams[PopCnt(WhitePawns & (BlackPawns << 8))];
    } else {
      if (TotalBlackPawns > 5)
        score += pawn_rams[PopCnt(WhitePawns & (BlackPawns << 8))];
    }
  }



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