Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 11:45:40 11/12/99
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On November 12, 1999 at 14:21:39, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi: >Be careful: -, + or = are not numbers, just general hints. And they are >useful... if you can make them useful. I can trash the best of the openings, but >that only means I am a bad player, not that + or - are capricious work or typos. >Even numbers about peces values are long ago taken just as hints. I do not know >even just a decent 1900 player counting beans each time he play a game. Do you? >I do not believe. >Cheers >Fernando At least we agree that human players are not bean counters !!! And how much of a hint is a +=, =, or =+ gives to a player? Not much, unless you are a GM, and I don't think that an IM or GM would look at the numerical values because these players would have a feel for the position and know based on their experience if the position offers advantage to one side. The point is with the advancement of chess engines, a lot of players put their trust in the computer evaluations, and expect that a += or =+ (numerical value would be 0.25 to 0.50 in the chess engine evaluation) would finish the game with a win. (Note: += or =+ means + underscore equal, equal underscore +, these web page does not allow me to display these special symbols.) Laurence
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