Author: Koundinya Veluri
Date: 00:37:41 08/01/02
Go up one level in this thread
On July 31, 2002 at 23:59:17, AP Pinkham wrote: >The maximum material point value for any single position i figured to be 182. >this is the total for black & white with P=1; B,N=3; R=5; Q=9. this has to be a >position that comes from an actual playble game. Somebody please confirm this >since its important in what im trying to do. Thank you. That's what I get. Absolute max = (9 * 9 + 2 * 5 + 4 * 3) * 2 = 206 But pawns can only cross one another after capturing. One capture allows both sides to promote a pawn. So to promote all their pawns, 8 captures have to be made. Assume 8 knights/bishops are captured. so 206 - 8 * 3 = 182 I have no idea if it's theoretically correct, but it seems right. Koundinya
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.