Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 23:04:53 01/04/06
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On January 05, 2006 at 00:39:01, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:
>Rybka may have the greatest disdain for pawns of any other program.
>
>try this experiment out. Go to the start position of the chess board and remove
>the f2 pawn (as is typically done when a gm gives pawn odds).
>
>Here are the evaluations of different engines at depth of 15. Can you figure out
>which engine is not like the others?
>
>Rybka = -.26
>fritz9 = -.78
>fruit 2.2.1 = -.70
>Aristarch = - .96
>
>Rybka seems to treat pawns with utter disdain. I wonder what would happen if you
>lowered the pawn value of the other engines to , say .50 or .75?
>
>(I know it is not this simple and all the engines will consider the pawns in the
>context of the position, but still, i find this amazing).
>
>Maybe pawns really are only with .75 in many positions
>
>best
>Joseph
Hi Joseph
You conclusion may also be completely wrong. It is
possible that Rybka gives a higher bonus than other
engines for the open f-file.
Best regards
Kurt [http://www.utzingerk.com]
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