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Subject: Rating Value of Positional Knowledge?

Author: Jim Phillips

Date: 19:52:47 11/04/98

Question: How much does positional knowledge add to a chess player's elo
  rating, compared to having no positional knowledge at all?
For example: Chess player/program A does a full-width search 8 plies deep
  on every move, but looks only at material balance.  Player/program B does
  the same, but also applies theoretically perfect positional knowledge.
  How much higher is B's rating?
I have done a few "thought experiments" on this, and I've made the guess
  that positional knowledge is worth very roughly 500-600 elo points.  Would
  anyone else care to give their estimates or opinions?  Has anyone done a
  rigorous test to determine a value?
-Jim Phillips

Re: Rating Value of Positional Knowledge? Larry Kaufman 20:25:51 11/04/98
Re: Rating Value of Positional Knowledge? Komputer Korner 20:08:10 11/04/98

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