Author: Stan Arts
Date: 12:55:09 09/23/04
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On September 23, 2004 at 14:32:43, Jon Dart wrote: > >There is no reason to make this root-dependent. Just scale the material score >with a bonus - the side with a significant material advantage (say >3 pawns) >gets a bonus for having fewer pieces. This encourages trading down pieces when >you are ahead material (but be careful with very low materal .. e.g. pawnless >endings with an extra piece are generally hard to win, so you can trade down too >low). > >--Jon Thanks I'll try experiment with that. Indeed then you can have a symetrical evaluation again, but I can't have an anti-trade bonus when the position is still equal. But maybe that's best anyway. (And all this gives me a reason to add a new anti-human configuration-switch.) Stan
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