I'm assuming not, chess engines being the closest I could think of.
Would such a clever device exist I can almost promise you it would be banned here on chess.com.
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you might think you are losing, but it would tell you that there is a high probability of winning, thus you missed something and it would be equal to cheating.
Very true, using that example and being able to see someone's win probability drop from 60% down to 30% in one move, it would basically be the same as having a GM sitting next to you to let you know exactly when the other player just made a mistake and all you have to do is find it. Very illegal and unfair indeed. Thank you for the insight fuze22.
I don't think that's even theoretically possible. Your probability of winning depends on what your opponent does. A computer can't really predict that.
It could, although it is tantamount to using a chess engine to assist you. Theoretically, it seems to me a somewhat simply machine of the sort could find forced combinations and the like. A system would have to be incredibly complex for it to possibly calculate all future moves.
there are some chess programs that do this kind of analysis. I suggest Shredder.
that would be cheating!
only after the game can you get assistance on what you should have done or if you might have had a chance yet!
another thing... how do you think a computer would be able to calculate your estimated level of play, there are too many factors to decide wheather you could have seen a combination or couldn't, it's just too advanced without knowing enough about the human brain...
i think everyone understands his level and style of play after a while... no computer software needed for that. computers can only see the board, not the person. yet!!!
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no I can't imagine any algorithm that would work unless you input some values for some of the many variables and/or make assumptions like best play as mentioned above. If you are not already aware, what is available in Fritz, Shredder, Rybka, etc. is a position value expressed in pawn units. This value does take into account other factors in addition to material value like, king safety, pawn structure, etc. Again, this is only a measure of the position and is not a "win probability". So we're not there yet but who knows what the future holds?
Is there an analysis button somewhere that will give your probablility of winning based on the current board positions? This came to mind while reading someone else's post about people resigning early if they get down some material & play the board out in their head and realize there isn't much chance of getting back up. A tool like this would be great for newer players to be able to guage their overall board strength and more easily learn to recognize the point when a match is basically over. When playing the next 10 moves would not be much more than an exercise in futility just to hope that the other player makes some strangely catastrophic mistake to allow you to come back from defeat.