private int evalState(State s) {
//		int diff = s.getnRed() - s.getnBlue();
		int diff = (int)(((float)s.getnRed() - (float)getTotalAdjacentBlank(s,"red")/9)
				- ((float)s.getnBlue() - (float)getTotalAdjacentBlank(s,"blue")/9));
		if (me.equals("red")) {
			return diff;
		}
		return -diff;
	}