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farbror
Is there some sort of concensus on how informator symbols relate to centipawn evaluations? That is, a guiding rule to how many centipawns translate to, say += etc.
CM ilmago
Very roughly, an evaluation around +0.50 may be +=, around +1.00 may be +/-, and around +2.00 (and larger) may be +-.
Details will depend on the engine giving the centipawn evaluation.
Great! Very useful guidelines!
Follow-up question: Which magnitude in change of evaluation would qualify a move as a "?" etc...
That will depend on the person commenting on the game, of course. It will also depend on the evaluation region this takes place at.
Dropping from +9.00 down to +4.00 may make no difference at all for the outcome of the game (white is still clearly winning after that), so it may not really merit a question mark in the eyes of many.
Dropping from +4.00 down to +1.00 may be a question mark for many, although some would say it is merely ?! for example when the resulting position is still technically winning for white anyway.
Dropping from +1.10 down to +0.10 is clearly a ? in most cases (except the engine evaluations are not accurate, for example in some endgames it does not properly understand), since it turns a probable win for white into a probable draw.
Does this give you a good general idea?
Sure! Interesting comments. My gut feel was that any move that looses a winning advantage or creates a loosing disadvantage would be ??
I suppose I am inclinded to use ? more often.
Again, thank you for valuable input.
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