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Subject: Re: a standard for evaluation score.

Author: Gareth McCaughan

Date: 18:52:32 05/19/00

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On May 19, 2000 at 10:28:22, Robert Hyatt wrote:

> 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 or
> for white?"
>
> Of course, after fixing this I _still_ get the same question.  :)

You could make it display e.g. "W+0.5" or "B-0.5". But maybe that would
confuse people who are just expecting a number?

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