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Subject: Re: Shredder 8 -- making it more aggressive

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 15:51:12 02/21/05

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On February 21, 2005 at 16:50:21, Jason Kent wrote:

>On February 21, 2005 at 16:43:52, Roy Brunjes wrote:
>
>>On February 21, 2005 at 16:40:02, Barry Culp wrote:
>>
>>>These are the Shredder Gambit engine settings :
>>>
>>>Queen=110
>>>Queen (Endgame)=105
>>>Rook=90
>>>Rook (Endgame)=95
>>>Bishop=90
>>>Bishop (Endgame)=95
>>>Knight=90
>>>Knight (Endgame)=95
>>>Pawn=85
>>>Pawn (Endgame)=95
>>>Draw Score=-10
>>>King Safety=130
>>>Center Control=120
>>>Pawn Structure=95
>>>Passed Pawns=105
>>>Passed Pawns (Endgame)=110
>>>Bishop Pair=105
>>>Bishop Pair (Endgame)=105
>>>
>>>Barry
>>
>>
>>Thanks!  Any idea how much these settings weaken S8's play?
>>
>>Roy
>
>
>For sure less than 50 elo.  Some rating lists have this setting only a few
>points behind the defaults.  I'm not sure of the exact amount but I think I saw
>something like 15 points.

If you just want it to be more aggresive without such a high "gambit urge" you
could try to just leave the values for the pieces at normal and just change
values for Center control, pawn structure, etc. (and maybee lower the value of
the pawn slightly) That should give a Shredder Aggresive....

Torstein



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