Author: Dan Andersson
Date: 12:31:36 01/11/00
I am considering giving some kinds of root moves penalties because they do nothing to improve a position. For example sometimes my search returns a checking move, followd by retracting the piece to a square that it could have moved to directly, that only postpones the bad variation and essentially hides it from search at the cost of one tempi. Another penalty Im considering is against pawn moves at root position, as Nimsowitch said 'All pawn moves, are mistakes'. The penalties sould not be to severe I think, in the range of 1/10th pawn or so. Anyone tried it before? Any critique and idea are welcome. The rationale is that if the move is really good or forced it will be played anyway. Regards Dan Andersson
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