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The evaluation of a given position
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Can someone explain the positional advantages for white?
However, such static evaluation is only really useful (if at all) in quiet and/or closed positions. … move the pawn from f6 to f7, the evaluation improves for black to +2, because the pawn structure is much more stable.
remove all the pawns on the a and b files, the evaluation improves for black to +1 …
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Why does Stockfish undervalue pawns when compared to the classical "a piece is worth three p...
The numbers you mention are just a small part of the evaluation function.
Check out the middlegame evaluation function for stockfish. … I really recommend to see for yourself at the link how much more complete the stockfish evaluation is. …
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How to determine if a position is open or closed in a "rigorous" fashion?
In the end the distinction between open/closed position is subjective and as you noticed there will always be some overlap or positions that don't fit perfectly into either category.
What exactly do …
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What is considered a decisive evaluation of a board in chess?
An evaluation around 1-1.5 in the midgame often means that the player can make use of his advantage further improving the evaluation. … On the other hand in an endgame with few pieces on the board a similar evaluation can be a lot more drawish because there are few options to improve. …
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How are the scores decided in Chess?
Ignore the evaluation in these cases. On the other hand, in very tactical positions you can usually trust engine evaluations. … The actual evaluation is calculated based on many factors. The main one is material, and this is also how the evaluation is normalized, namely such that a value of 1 corresponds to one pawn. …
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Exercises for positional evaluation
If you wish you can pause before the comment, do the evaluation yourself and then compare your analysis with that of the commentator. … I'd find this much more efficient than trying to make sense of an engine evaluation of a middlegame position, because the engine will not tell you anything about the position but only give you the best …
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How to determine checkmated positions using DOS/CMD, from numerous FEN/EPD chess positions?
I don't know if any such tool exists. If you want to program yourself you need to watch out for:
Change of mating theme: If you remove pieces you might get new/different mates, e.g. in:
6rk/5Npp …
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How to determine checkmated positions using DOS/CMD, from numerous FEN/EPD chess positions?
If I understand you correctly, you want to automatically simplify the mating sequence (final position minus a couple of moves) basically keeping the same mating pattern.
I think doing this automatica …
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