Author: Uri Blass
Date: 14:04:34 09/23/04
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On September 23, 2004 at 15:58:09, Andrew Platt wrote: >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. No it is not. I try to play the best move and I do not have strategy against trading pieces. Uri
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