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Subject: Re: How to search for a win with the highest material

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 08:31:28 03/06/04

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On March 06, 2004 at 11:12:25, Matthias Gemuh wrote:

>On March 06, 2004 at 10:04:11, Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>Let's suppose I want to add an option that causes my search engine to search not
>>for the shortest win but for a win with the highest possible material in order
>>to humiliate.
>>In other words, if there are two possible wins, one shorter but that ends with
>>low material for the winning side, the other is longer but ends with more
>>material for the winning side the engine will select the last line.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Alvaro Cardoso
>
>
>
>You need at least rook advantage to checkmate.
>So simply treat checkmates in search as illegal, while keeping a rook material
>advantage, till you are standing infront of last checkmate ;).
>
>/Matthias.

I think that a better idea is simply to evaluate mate based on the material
advantage but always at least 1 pawn when mate always finish the search.

In this case you will prefer to increase your material advantage and not doing
checkmate.

Uri



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