public int extraHV() { int heurVal = board.getPossiblePositions(myTile).size() * 3; if (heurVal == 0 && board.getPossiblePositions(myTile.getOpposite()).isEmpty()) { int myCount = 0, otherCount = 0; for (int row = 0; row < Board.SIZE; row++) { for (int col = 0; col < Board.SIZE; col++) { if (board.getField()[row][col] == myTile) { myCount++; } else if (board.getField()[row][col] == myTile.getOpposite()) { otherCount++; } } if (myCount - otherCount < 0) { return -10000; } else if (myCount - otherCount > 0) { return 10000; } } } heurVal += controlCorners(heurVal) + controlBorders(heurVal); return heurVal; }