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Subject: Re: Space, Time, Pawn Structure, Material & Initiative

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 08:28:09 12/08/02

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On December 08, 2002 at 08:34:16, Bob Durrett wrote:

>
>I am interested in knowing whether or not modern chess engines recognize
>advantages of these types.
>
>(1) If the White side has a substantial space advantage, but nothing else, will
>the chess engine evaluate the positions with that advantage and give it a high
>score?
>
>(2) If the White side has a substantial time (or development) advantage, but
>nothing else, will the chess engine evaluate the positions with that advantage
>and give it a high score?
>
>(3) If the White side has a substantial pawn structure advantage, but nothing
>else, will the chess engine evaluate the positions with that advantage and give
>it a high score?
>
>(4) If the White side has a substantial material advantage, but nothing else,
>will the chess engine evaluate the positions with that advantage and give it a
>high score?
>
>(5) If the White side has a substantial initiative advantage, but nothing else,
>will the chess engine evaluate the positions with that advantage and give it a
>high score?
>
>Bob D.

You ask a lot of questions but you do not give positions to demonsrate what you
mean.

It may be better if for every question you give a position so people can check
how programs do.

things like initiative advantage are too abstract and maybe position when this
is the only advantage may explain better what you mean and what is the
difference between it and space or developement advantage.

I do not think that there is a known definition for all the term(a good
definition means that you have an algorithm to calculate if one side has the
advantage(material or pawn structure are simple to calculate but
I have no idea what exactly you mean in the other things).

Uri



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