Author: Shep
Date: 04:34:46 10/05/99
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On October 04, 1999 at 21:40:34, Nicolas Carrasco wrote:
>I haven´t written a eval function yet, but I have read TSCP and Faile evals
>functions.
>
>Faile to determine endgame set a varible like: "endgame = TRUE"
>
>and at the eval function like this:
>
>int eval(void)
>{
>
>counter = count_pieces();
>
>if (counter < 5) {
> endgame = TRUE;
>
>if (endgame)
> return endgame_eval();
>
>return midgame_eval();
>}
>
>That is an idea I invented at the moment.
I don't know how your count_pieces() function looks like, but isn't it a little
extreme to say "endgame iff less than 5 pieces"? (Or do you mean "5 pieces on
each side"?)
3P vs. 3P is definitely an "endgame". Even if you add 1 or 2 RNB on either side,
it's still an endgame to me. I.e. a situation where e.g. the king itself should
come into play and thus the king safety algorithm must be different (as for
example moving away from the back row or advancing the pawns before the king is
no longer a bad idea).
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Shep
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