Static Exchange Evaluation with αβApproach

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Reul, Fritz¹

Affiliations: Gründau, Germany

Note: [1] Email: fritzreul@gmx.de

Abstract: The development and analysis of a static exchange evaluator (SEE) is a challenging issue. The SEE is an important module of the computer-chess architecture for the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of moves and threatened squares. By means of the αβ-window, on which the static exchange evaluation is based, it is also possible to implement pruning conditions. The benefit of these pruning conditions is a reduction of the iterative computation. This article deals with the theoretical elements and the implementation of different SEE algorithms.

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2010-33102

Journal: ICGA Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 3-17, 2010