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Subject: Re: Static Evaluation Function

Author: Dan Honeycutt

Date: 10:28:58 04/06/05

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On April 06, 2005 at 10:32:43, Meg Ryan wrote:

>Has anyone got any advice of writing a good position eval?
>
>Cheers!

Start with the things you can do cheaply:  material, pawn structure, piece
centralization (piece square tables).

Add cautiously things that are more expensive:  mobility, king safety, passed
pawn races.

Test each addition.  You are always up against a tradeoff of speed vs knowledge.

Good Luck
Dan H.



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