Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 20:08:10 11/04/98
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On November 04, 1998 at 22:52:47, Jim Phillips wrote: >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 There have been experiments on this in old ICCA journal articles. I am directing you to look them up yourself because this type of question should demand that you read the literature history. -- Komputer Korner
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