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TheGrobe
TheGrobe
Feb 9, 2010
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#61

What about promoted pawns?  Do those count as pawns or the piece they became?  What about on the move they actually promoted?

TheGrobe
TheGrobe
Feb 9, 2010
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#62
ichabod801 wrote:
ozzie_c_cobblepot wrote:

Those per piece counts can't be from the same data as post #56 above.. right?

Sure, but I divided by the total number of pieces on the board: 16 pawns, 4 rooks, 4 bishops, 4 knights, 2 queens and 2 kings. Double checking, there seems to be a typo on the rook moves (should be 2195), and maybe I rounded wrong on the king moves. Good enough for government work.

I was trying to puzzle together how double checking could possibly have skewed your results, but then I realized you meant double-checking, not double checking.

ichabod801
ichabod801
Feb 9, 2010
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#63
TheGrobe wrote:

What about promoted pawns?  Do those count as pawns or the piece they became?  What about on the move they actually promoted?

The promotion move counts as a pawn move. After that it counts as whatever it was promoted to.

Kernicterus
Kernicterus
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Feb 9, 2010
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#64
TheGrobe wrote:
ichabod801 wrote:
ozzie_c_cobblepot wrote:

Those per piece counts can't be from the same data as post #56 above.. right?

Sure, but I divided by the total number of pieces on the board: 16 pawns, 4 rooks, 4 bishops, 4 knights, 2 queens and 2 kings. Double checking, there seems to be a typo on the rook moves (should be 2195), and maybe I rounded wrong on the king moves. Good enough for government work.

I was trying to puzzle together how double checking could possibly have skewed your results, but then I realized you meant double-checking, not double checking.

you are so kidding, Grobe. lol

Chessminton
Chessminton
Jan 1, 2017
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#65

This might not be what you guys are looking for, but I found this interesting, too:

https:/www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/08/how-to-win-any-popular-game-according-to-data-scientists/?utm_term=.51f09b94a0a4; phppCDEUl.jpeg

sameez1
sameez1
Jan 1, 2017
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#66

@ Chessminton   I went to the link you posted I think it answers the question and a very interesting site besides.

WateringBall
WateringBall
Sep 20, 2022
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#67

https://en.chessbase.com/post/study-of-square-utilization-and-occupancy

another nice analysis but only on Carlsen and Fischer