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Subject: Re: Move table

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 21:01:19 01/12/99

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On January 12, 1999 at 14:45:52, Will Singleton wrote:

>
>On January 12, 1999 at 12:55:53, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>
>>On January 12, 1999 at 09:39:16, KarinsDad wrote:
>>
>>>On January 12, 1999 at 04:16:39, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>
>>>>For example, one component of my eval is piece-square tables.  If you want to
>>>>incrementally keep track of the positional value, you'd normally subtract out
>>>>the value of the "from" square and add in the value of the "to" square, for a
>>>>given piece and color.  I have the value right there in the table, so I can just
>>>>add it in without calculating indexes.
>>>
>>>Now do you do this recursively on the stack or do you carry the piece-square
>>>table around on your hash table?
>>
>>The current positional value is in a global variable.  I mess with it in
>>"makemove" and I put it back in "unmakemove".
>>
>>bruce
>
>Hmm, so if you incrementally update the positional value, as well as the
>material value, what's left for the eval to do?
>
>Will


Note that he said he updates the positional value with the attached piece/square
value.  There are other positional evaluation terms in Ferret that are all done
at the endpoints, not via piece/square tables.



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