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H.G.Muller wrote on Thu, Apr 24, 2008 09:31 AM UTC:
It seemed the first games of two Ministers against Q+N were a bit lucky.
They were losing significantly in 20 games against Q+R, so I went back to
Q+N, and had it run overnight. In 115 games this gave a reasonably
balanced score of 53.5%. The Pawn-odds score is usually somewhere around
62%, so this could indicate a ~25cP advantage for the Minister. OTOH, the
statistical error in 115 games is 4.3%, or 35cP. So the deviation from 50%
is not really significant, and indeed, after 90 games, the Ministers were
behind, at 47.8%.

As Q=950 (by definition) and N=300 (on 10x8), assuming equality would make
the Ministers 625 cP each. Taking the 115-game result at face value would
give 637 cP (+/- 17cP).

I am now running two High-Priestesses against two Ministers.

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