Author: STEPHEN A. BOAK
Date: 11:16:45 12/20/98
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On December 20, 1998 at 03:37:39, Steve Maughan wrote: >Has anyone ever produced a list of the most important terms to be included in an >evaluation function? I realise that I could get one from digging into source >code, but I was looking for something a little more digestible. > >Any thoughts? > >As a start I would list- > >1 Material >2 Mobility >3 Past Pawns >4 Issolated Pawns >5 Double Pawns >6 Square of Pawns >7 Centre control >8 Rook on open file >9 Rook on 7th >10 Material pinned? >11 Backward pawns > >Has anyone ranked a list of evaluation terms? > >Any thoughts appreciated > >Regards > >Steve Maughan A few more-- 12. Space (may be similar but different to mobility) 13. Development (at least during opening/early middle game) 14. King Safety (individual for each side, of course) 15. Material may be a simple count, but Piece Values may change depending on the position (sometimes Knights are better than Bishops, etc; Rooks may be relatively stronger in the endgame than earlier). I'd like to see the list when it is 'fully' compiled--please post, thx. --Steve Boak
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