Author: Terry Ripple
Date: 04:46:08 08/27/99
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On August 27, 1999 at 07:25:45, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: >Every human chess player understands that a pawn more (without any compensation) >in a complicated tactical middlegame-position does not automatically mean >victory. >A pawn more in a standart K vs. K endgame does mean victory though. > >Computers do evaluate both positions with more or less + 1,0 while good players >would give +- and unclear/+=. > >Why don't computers have a material eval. like this ME = (Material inbalance) / >(all Material still on board) * X ? > >Or does your program ? Hi Georg, Your statement which says that with a pawn more in a standard K vs K endgame will mean victory but that is not always so! Example 1: If you have a pawn on the rook file and your opponents king can beat your king to the queening square, your out of luck, "Draw" Example 2: You aren't able to get in front or ahead of your pawn before the opposing king does and he has the opposition, and now you have once again a "draw"! Regards,Terry
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