Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:27:49 03/16/99
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On March 16, 1999 at 16:30:59, Pat King wrote: >A number of my evaluation terms get updated at every node... Force, Space, >CtrCtl, Material. So all of them are available at the end of QSearch if I want >them. My question is, are the terms other than Force worth anything after >QSearch? If so, how might one weight them differently than in the full blown >evaluation? > >Pat I think _everything_ has to be done at the tips. IE if you omit pawn structure, your capture search will initiate a series of captures that leave your pawn structure wrecked. And if those moves are forced because of something you choose at ply=1, you end up lost. I can't think of a thing that I wouldn't evaluate _after_ all captures, assuming I would evaluate it _before_ the captures start.
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