What Is a Centipawn Advantage?
Summary
The article explains what a centipawn advantage is in chess engine evaluations, using examples from Chess.com and Lichess. It discusses how centipawns relate to win probabilities, how ratings like Elo map to these values, and why centipawns are used as a convenient unit for expressing positional advantage. The piece also covers conceptual caveats, such as the difference between material value and engine evaluation, and touches on tempo and positional considerations.