Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 10:46:55 02/25/03
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On February 25, 2003 at 12:17:28, Dan Andersson wrote: >Other inequalities. Not unusual is: > 2R < R+N+P quite usual. > R+N < R+B almost normal. > Q+B < Q+N quite usual. > B' is for opposite bishops. > B v B' is preferrable when attacking. > B v B' is an onus when defending. > >All depending on the position ;) > It's funny. Whenever one brings up the issue of material values, somebody always says "It depends on the position". But what is the idea of the original values in the first place? It's not to give a perfect and accurate assessment of the position. On the other hand they're not totally useless. So whatever the intended use of the original values is, it's the same for some new and improved values, or some inequations such as the ones above. It's funny how people accept the 1,3,3,5,9 system, but then as soon as someone asks about the values, the answer always is "It depends on the position". I noticed your smiley, so I know that you know :) But I just wanted to share my thoughts... /David
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