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macer75 wrote:
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But back to topic... The CAPS system may be a substitute for ratings eventually?
viswanathan wrote:
turtle wrote: i am starting to understand the rating system, but how do you determine points during a game? are certain peices worth different points?
turtle, the general points system followed is as follows:
pawn - 1pt.
knight/bishop - 3pts.
rook - 5pts.
queen - 10pts.
of course points are not everything... the position of your piece also matters.. for example you might not mind losing a bishop or rook to save a pawn on the 7th row.. and points dont have any bearing on the game result.. it is just a basic framework to help beginners understand the value of different pieces
Umm.... Queens are worth 9 points. You forgot the king.(it's infinite)
Dec 21, 2016
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solomonwu wrote:
viswanathan wrote:
turtle wrote: i am starting to understand the rating system, but how do you determine points during a game? are certain peices worth different points?
turtle, the general points system followed is as follows:
pawn - 1pt.
knight/bishop - 3pts.
rook - 5pts.
queen - 10pts.
of course points are not everything... the position of your piece also matters.. for example you might not mind losing a bishop or rook to save a pawn on the 7th row.. and points dont have any bearing on the game result.. it is just a basic framework to help beginners understand the value of different pieces
Umm.... Queens are worth 9 points. You forgot the king.(it's infinite)
The point count system is so flawed that few human masters use it. Whether the Q is worth 9 or 10 or 8 pawns really depends on the position
A B is worth 3 pawns, and a R is worth 5 pawns. Yet a B+P is usually worth a R and a B+2 protected pawns are usually worth more than a R.
Most strong players don't use the point count evaluation at all. Instead, they describe the precise material imbalance, and often use words to say whether there's compensation for the material.
Computers can quantify and calculate the differences, but when there are unusual material imbalances, they often get it wrong. There's an article on chessbase about Caruana's brilliant Q sac against Nakamura for positional compensation which Caruana won and most engines mis-evaluated.
Basically, engines can calculate so well that they can almost always work out the compensation. Humans on the other hand generally go very wrong when they try to use numbers instead of words to evaluate positions.
And all of this is secondary to concrete analysis which may prove that in a given position a pawn is worth far more than a R or Q.
Dec 21, 2016
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Queen is not even worth 9 in the numerical value because there are many ways to evaluate the pieces. Look it up on Wikipedia.
mohamad_mahone146136 wrote:
viswanathan wrote:
turtle wrote: i am starting to understand the rating system, but how do you determine points during a game? are certain peices worth different points?
turtle, the general points system followed is as follows:
pawn - 1pt.
knight/bishop - 3pts.
rook - 5pts.
queen - 10pts.
of course points are not everything... the position of your piece also matters.. for example you might not mind losing a bishop or rook to save a pawn on the 7th row.. and points dont have any bearing on the game result.. it is just a basic framework to help beginners understand the value of different pieces
yes thats right but
queen- 9pts
and i always say : " A Pawn is a potential Queen"
Lol! Anand doesn't know how much a queen is worth!
WilliamShookspear wrote:
macer75 wrote:
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What does THAT mean? That's something like Toasted.
How quickly to pump rating up to 2000 in chess.com?
Now my blitz rating 1367 points. is it very small? I see there are players with 2200+ here.
Dec 22, 2016
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angel_in_coat wrote:
How quickly to pump rating up to 2000 in chess.com?
Now my blitz rating 1367 points. is it very small? I see there are players with 2200+ here.
You get a higher rating by being good enough to beat higher rated players.
how about the computation of ELO using his formula?
Checkmate. White wins 1-0.
Watch this!
chess ratings measure how strong a player is
Chess ratings measure past performance and are a decent gauge of strength and the likelihood of outcomes between two players with stable ratings that are based on recent performances.