Author: Matthias Gemuh
Date: 08:53:08 03/06/04
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On March 06, 2004 at 11:31:28, Uri Blass wrote: >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 That sounds much easier to implement, also. /Matthias.
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