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In chess, the chess pieces are often assigned certain point values that help determine how valuable a piece is strategically. These values are useful to players, and are also used in computer chess to help the computer figure out what moves to make. Calculations of the value of pieces provide a only rough idea of the state of play. The exact value of the piece will depend on the game situation. < ...

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• Chess piece point value - Historical valuations

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An 1813 book (source unknown, perhaps by Sarratt) gives these valuations of the pieces: Knight 9.25 Bishop 9.75 Rook 15 Queen 23.75 King as attack piece (in the endgame) 6.5 Pawn 2 at the start, 3.75 in the endgame If these values are divided by three and rounded, they are more in line with the valuations used now: Knight 3.1 Bishop 3.3 Rook 5 Queen 7.9 King as attacking piece in the endgame ...

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Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XX/B Tremendous. Introduced in 2796, the Mark XX was the first truly self-directing self-aware Bolo, made possible by breakthroughs psychotronics. It maintained the same defensive capabilities as the Mark XIX but was forced to down size its main armament from a single 50cm Hellbore to dual 30cm models because of the space taken up by the new psychotronics. The Mark XX weighed 13,000 metric tons with a road speed of 90 km/h and a sprint speed of 120 km/h. B ...

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The former world champion grandmaster Garry Kasparov, who has recently retired from competitive chess but is still considered by many the strongest chess player in the world, has a long history in playing "Man vs. Machine" events. Among the most important are his matches against IBM's research computer Deep Blue, which Kasparov defeated in February 1996, scoring 4-2 in a 6-game match, and lost to, 3.5-2.5, in a May 1997 rematch. The first game of the former match remained famous though, as it was the first game in the history of chess in whi ...

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Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XV/B-M Resartus. The Mark XV first rolled off the production lines in 2396. The Mark XV was notable in that it was the first Bolo that does not require a human to operate it. Where as other Bolo could function on preset battle plans they still required a human to make decisions that were not included in the plan, but advancements in secure subspace communications and cybernetics allowed the Mark XV to self direct with any human input able to be sent remotely. The Mark XV’ ...

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Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark X. The Mark X Bolo, introduced in 2235, was the first to mount a laser cannon as its main armament. While less efficient in a transfer of energy per shot basis than previous Bolo weapons, the laser removed the need for ammunition storage in the Mark X. The Mark X used the same laser repeaters and in the same number as the Mark IX, but it upgraded the point defenses to use multibarreled, independently turreted flechette railguns. The Mark X carried only a defensive missile load, an ...

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Both players sit in a typical chess-playing room, equipped with fast PCs of equal hardware strength. It is the duty of the tournament organizers to make sure that the players are familiar with the pertinent hardware and software. Unlike the traditional face-to-face chess, the players usually face to their respective computers. Each player is typically allotted one hour of thinking time (as was the time control used in all Advanced Chess events in León), though the particular tou ...

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It has been stressed that the strength of an Advanced Chess player does not come from any of the components of the human-computer team, but rather from the symbiosis of the two. This means that, even if a human chess player is stronger than the computer program he is using, he will be able to increase his playing strength even further with good Advanced Chess play, and vice versa: if a human player is weaker than the computer program he is using, he will still be able to play with a strength that is even greater than that of the computer. Th ...

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Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark I. The Mark I Bolo was introduced in 2000 as a comprehensive upgrade of the Abrams. The Mark I mounted a 150mm cannon which fired discarding sabot, fin-stabilized, long-rod penetrator (DSFSLRP) rounds, allowing it to defeat the Chobham armor used on other MTBs of the time. The Mark I was also fitted with computer controlled anti-personnel/point defense gatlings with integral radar, probably similar to the Phalanx CIWS. The Mark I required a crew of four, was powered by two fossil- ...

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