Author: Andrew Platt
Date: 12:58:09 09/23/04
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On September 23, 2004 at 15:55:09, Stan Arts wrote: >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.) It's not anti-human, it's standard chess strategy. Not that I ever remember that when playing of course! Andy.
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