MadChess 3.0 Beta Build 103 (Passed Pawns)

I added passed pawn evaluation to MadChess 3.0 Beta. The passed pawn evaluation code scores the following features:

  • Passed Pawns
  • Free Passed Pawns (no pieces blocking promotion path)
  • King Escorted Passed Pawns
  • Unstoppable Passed Pawns (Rule of the Square)

Middlegame Passed Pawns:            000  000  003  008  015  024  034  000
Endgame Passed Pawns:               000  004  018  042  075  118  170  000
Endgame Free Passed Pawns:          000  008  034  077  138  216  311  000
Endgame King Escorted Passed Pawn:  11
Unstoppable Passed Pawn:            775

 

This code improved the engine’s understanding of threats created by pushing passed pawns. It increased the playing strength of MadChess 3.0 Beta by 119 Elo.

 

Feature Category Date Rev1 WAC2 Elo Rating3 Improvement
Passed Pawns Evaluation 2018 Dec 27 103 279 2329 +119
Staged Move Generation Search 2018 Dec 15 93 275 2210 +39
History Heuristics Search 2018 Dec 03 84 275 2171 +28
Eval Param Tuning Evaluation 2018 Nov 24 75 272 2143 +47
Sophisticated Search
Material and Piece Location
Baseline 2018 Nov 08 58 269 2096 0
  1. Subversion source code revision
  2. Win At Chess position test, 3 seconds per position
  3. Bullet chess, 2 min / game + 1 sec / move
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