![]() ![]() So in this post I am going to explore one of the ways in which one might mine a database of chess games to evidence of the impact of a particular feature in practice. For instance: an isolated pawn often represents a weakness because it has to be defended by a piece, while having your rook on the seventh rank is likely to be hard for your opponent to defend against.ĭespite the fact that the experience of chess players bears out these widely held wisdoms, it does no harm to try to find empirical evidence to support them. The most basic is that having more material than your opponent usually conveys a significant advantage, but there are plenty of others that apply when material is balanced. ![]() In chess, there are many structural and material features that it is widely accepted can affect the outcome of a game and are therefore either desirable to achieve or best avoided.
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