Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:58:05 01/13/99
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On January 13, 1999 at 12:52:21, John Coffey wrote: > >>as far as 'didn't provide you with all the information you want' that might >>be the result of not working with them long enough. I haven't found a single >>question I can't answer with bitboards... and many times the question is easier >>to answer with them than without... particularly in evaluation where I spend >>a bunch of time... > >I wanted to take into account who controls the most number of squares as a >part of my evaluation. Do you think that this can be answered with bitboards? >Perhaps some programs already do this? > >john coffey Most any question you can answer with an offset program I can answer with bitboards. I did this early in the development of crafty, but I didn't like the result, any more than I liked using "mobility" for pieces. I found other scoring terms were more effective and cheaper to compute...
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