Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 11:21:23 02/25/03
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On February 25, 2003 at 13:46:55, David Rasmussen wrote: >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 I think Q < P, but there *are* exceptions of course! ;-)
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