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Subject: Re: Engines valutation question

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 06:04:13 08/03/04

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On August 03, 2004 at 04:54:11, morphy wrote:

>Why the valutation is always referred to the material advantage (where a pawn in
>more is the unit) and we can't have a valutation in tems of percentage of
>probability for winning and drawing?

Because having more material greatly increases your chances for winning?

I think the scales are pretty equivalent:

For Zappa:

0.0 means 50/50 (assuming equal strength opponent)

+1 means 70% chance to win or so.

+3 is about 95%

+6 = 99.9%

anthony



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