Talk:Chess handicap
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[edit] Quawn odds
I removed the following contribution by IP:
- Quawn odds: stronger player cannot promote pawns. Pawns that move to the final rank cannot be captured.
I didn't find any references to this on Internet and encyclopedia on chess varaint. Please provide respectable sources before adding it again! Andreas Kaufmann 20:30, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Material" handicap
The section on material handicap has two handicap which are move advantages. I think that it's better to move those two into a section named "move" handicap or the other handicaps section, as it's not really material. Fetofs Hello! 21:58, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- You are right, but I wanted to preserve order of handicaps like it was played in 19th century. Also move + pawn handicap would belong to two categories. So, instead of spliting the section, I renamed it. Andreas Kaufmann 11:32, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Move + time vs. draw odds
This is sometimes used in single-game blitz playoffs but it is not exactly "odds" chess since the chances are supposed to be close to equal. (Controversy continues as to exactly what time odds produce equal chances.) Who gets to decide who plays which side is determined by tiebreak or by lot. Sadly, I wasn't able to find a definitive web reference. --Wfaxon 22:48, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Standard odds in terms of chess rating differences
I saw an article on this once that used statistics from 19th-century games. Can anyone find it? One would think that since having the first move (playing white) is worth approximately 50 Elo points, and a pawn is worth about three tempi (moves), one could approximately calculate all the standard odds, but I recall that the actual numbers were significantly different.
For the Wikipedia audience one would also need to convert any rating difference into a winning percentage difference.
Andrew Soltis wrote a book that might be relevant: Rethinking the Chess Pieces. --Wfaxon 22:48, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
