Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:18:49 08/16/05
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On August 16, 2005 at 10:04:52, Robert Hollay wrote: >On August 16, 2005 at 09:48:45, Uri Blass wrote: > >> >>I think that it is not minority but majority >> >>some interfaces know to translate the score to score from white point of view >>but when Movei is running under winboard it gives score from it's point of view >>and not from white's point of view and I see no good reason to change it. >> >>Uri > > Sorry Uri, but I think it's much more clearly to give scores from white's point >of view. > If you see -3.00 then you immediately know that the engine thinks: "black >has an advantage". > But if -3.00 means: "I'm in a loss", then you must know who thinks so, white >or black? > > Robert The advantage of score from the engine point of view is that I do not need to think if the engine is white or black to see if it is winning or losing. If I see that Movei has +5 score then I know that it is +5 for Movei even before looking at the board to see the colours. When I play games I do not think in terms of better for white but I think in terms of better for myself. When engines are playing then it is also programmers plays in some meaning(I remember that Amir Ban said to me when I said that Movei won a game in WCCC that I can say that I won(I do not use this term because unlike Amir I also play chess in tournaments so I play has different meaning but I clearly understand the point) and I prefer to see information from my point of view and not from white point of view because when I see the score because I do not want to translate better for white to better or worse to myself but see it directly. Uri
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