Author: Mathieu Pagé
Date: 10:41:53 03/06/04
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On March 06, 2004 at 11:53:08, Matthias Gemuh wrote: >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. The side effect of this is that your engine will play unsoundly moves. In a simple MATE in 1 it will avoid to mate just to take all the material of the opponents. I don't think the opponent will be humilited, but it will surrely be boring and the opponents will resign. Mathieu P.
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