Author: James T. Walker
Date: 11:20:42 03/12/99
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On March 12, 1999 at 12:45:13, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On March 11, 1999 at 20:52:50, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On March 11, 1999 at 20:01:26, odell hall wrote: >> >>>Hi CCC >>> >>> I am just interested in some speculation. I think that he could, but I know >>>computers have a reputation for being able to hang on to extra material. >> >>Hello Odell, >>If you read Larry K's Chess Life article you might think it would be close. >>According to Larry if I remember right the rook pawn is only worth .85 x 200 or >>170 points. That's not enough. Larry also said that Knight odds would be worth >>700 points ??? I don't believe a 2175 player with knight odds would stand a >>chance against Garry K. I ran some test years ago with computers giving queen >>Knight odds and it seems it was worth about 300 points. So my opinion is Hiarcs >>would not have much of a chance. >>Jim Walker > > Do you remember the results of your test, or have it somewhere? I am interested >in your results, as I tend to agree more with Larry's estimation of knight odds >that yours (of course I could be wrong). > Perhaps the value of the knight in terms of rating points is not uniform, and >decreases as we go up in the rating ladder (I think I can destroy a player rated >300 points over me given knight odds, at standard time controls). > José. Hello Jos'e, I have long since destroyed the test results. I'm depending mainly on my memory and my personal feelings based on my (Failing) memory of the test. Also I did the test a long time ago when computers were playing about 1500/1600. With this in mind, don't take anything I say too seriously. :-) Also I believe one of the sidelights of Larry's article was that maybe the value of knight odds would be less at lower ratings. Anyway Larry had a lot of data and I'm sure has a much better feel for it than I do. I was just giving my feelings based on my memory(which is getting worse each day). Jim Walker
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