Manual de Houdini 3 2012 | Page 13

First steps
Queen

13

9.0

The program give its positional evaluation in pawn units, always from the point of view
of White. If the program is displaying a value of +1.30 this means that it considers the
white position to be better by the equivalent of 1.3 pawns. If White is actually a pawn
up then the additional 0.3 is the result of positional considerations (mobility,
deployment of pieces, king safety, pawn structure, etc.). A display of –3.00 means
that White is a piece down – either a bishop or a knight, which are both equivalent to
three pawns.

1.6

Position setup
Inse rt

Posit ion se t up

This opens a dialog box in which you can enter a completely new position.

The operation is quite simple:
Choose a piece type in the columns on the right and put one or more of that piece
on the board by clicking on squares. The right mouse key changes the colour of the
piece deposited, a second click deletes the entry. You can also drag pieces off the
board to delete them.

© ChessBase 2012