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Subject: Re: a standard for evaluation score.

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:28:22 05/19/00

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On May 19, 2000 at 06:52:29, Masciulli Gianluigi wrote:

>On May 18, 2000 at 21:50:55, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>>Use winboard/xboard.  Then crafty doesn't do this.  It always displays
>>evaluations with respect to +=good for white, -=good for black, no matter
>>which side is to move.
>
>Nice to know this I'll try this.
>
>From your answer I deduce that the (+=good for white type) is already become the
>standard way to display evaluation scores. is'nt it?


Not really.  For the longest, +=good for the program(s).  Because that is the
way search works.  But it is not hard to invert the sign after a "black search"
to make it consistent...

I have crafty comment on games (human GM tournament games) on the chess servers,
and it became apparent that I had to display the output like this or else
forever answer the question "Is + good for the side on move for for white?"

Of course, after fixing this I _still_ get the same question.  :)


>
>
>>I have on my to-do list to standardize _all_ evaluation output with respect
>>to white.
>
>Nice to know this too!
>
>
>>  I too think it is confusing.  Of course, you will then see crafty
>>playing black against you, with a score of -3.5 and you will think you are
>>winning.  :)
>
>but in the far future when my program Golem well beat your (actually about
>1500ELO:-( ... the standard will be settled ;-)
>
>glm

:)



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