Author: vitor
Date: 20:48:00 06/29/99
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On June 29, 1999 at 11:43:13, Albert Silver wrote: >On June 29, 1999 at 09:44:23, John R. Menke, Sr. wrote: > >> >>And I understand that Shep's values are as follows: >>Pawn = 1.1 >>Bishop = 3.5 >>Knight = 3.3 >>Rook = 5.5 >>Queen = 10 (snip) >> >>John Menke > >I'm testing this out with Nimzo2000 running through Winboard. Nimzo2000's >default values are: > >Pawn = 105 >Knight = 425 >Bishop = 435 >Rook = 685 >Queen = 1240 > >BTW, another fascinating article on material values is Soltis's article >susbsequently republished in his book "Karl Marx Plays Chess". It's very >interesting and quite funny sometimes. > > Albert Silver this is a minor quibble but why do people use pawn values other than 1? maybe its cuz of america's anti-metric system attitude seeping in.
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