silversire
Delusiah
I'd say the advantage was definitely yours by the time you took my second rook. One way to determine advantage is a point system.
Pawns = 1
Bishops + Knights = 3-3.5
Rooks = 5
Queen = 8
King = Don't even need to go there, you win if you take it.
Those are just how I personally value pieces, but it seems fairly accurate considering how they work together in the endgame. 2 rooks or a rook and a queen with plenty of room can easily corner the opposing king, while it is near impossible to get checkmate with just your bishops and knights left unless you have a decent amount of pawns to herd their king into a corner.
Pawns = 1
Bishops + Knights = 3-3.5
Rooks = 5
Queen = 8
King = Don't even need to go there, you win if you take it.
Those are just how I personally value pieces, but it seems fairly accurate considering how they work together in the endgame. 2 rooks or a rook and a queen with plenty of room can easily corner the opposing king, while it is near impossible to get checkmate with just your bishops and knights left unless you have a decent amount of pawns to herd their king into a corner.
Yes, I have heard of the scoring system before, and I believe those point scores are pretty standard - at least, it looks like what I have previously seen. I think the computer is taking that into account while also doing a lot of calculations regarding positioning, but I haven't the faintest clue how it is doing that.
Well, holding the center of the board is usually advantageous since you have a wider variety of where you can move (Unless it is held by pawns.) While the corners where the rooks start are pretty much death traps.
