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Subject: Re: Why is it called static evaluation?

Author: Marc D

Date: 15:30:26 04/27/05

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On April 27, 2005 at 17:28:26, David Dahlem wrote:

>On April 27, 2005 at 17:13:05, Tord Romstad wrote:
>
>>On April 27, 2005 at 16:49:28, Kevin K wrote:
>>
>>>Is there dynamic evaluation?
>>>And if it is, what is dynamic evaluation?
>>
>>The word "static" in chess programming terminology usually
>>means "calculated without doing a search".  The static evaluation
>>is the evaluation the program assigns to a position by just looking
>>at the current position, without moving the pieces around on the
>>internal board.
>>
>>Two other typical examples of the word "static" are "static
>>exchange evaluation" and "static pruning".  Static exchange
>>evaluation is a technique programs use to calculate the expected
>>gain or loss in material of a capture move without actually making
>>the move.  A simple computation is done based on the pieces
>>which attack and defend the captured piece.  Static pruning
>>is a name for pruning techniques where the program decides
>>that certain moves or positions are not worth investigating,
>>without doing any verification search.  There are also dynamic
>>pruning techniques, like recursive null-move search.
>
>Are there any papers available online about "static pruning" techniques, or do
>you know where i can find more info on this topic?
>
>Thanks
>Dave
>

Hi Dave

Maybe on this site you find what you are looking for

http://members.home.nl/matador/chess840.htm

Marc



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