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Subject: Re: Komputer Korner Tip of the Week No. 63

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 23:15:57 05/31/98

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On May 31, 1998 at 16:35:53, Amir Ban wrote:

>On May 31, 1998 at 02:15:55, Komputer Korner wrote:
>
>>On May 30, 1998 at 05:03:19, Mark Taylor wrote:
>>
>>>When I last went to a chess club regularly (admittedly many years ago!),
>>>the rule of thumb for piece values was:
>>>
>>>Pawn 1
>>>Knight 3
>>>Bishop 3.5
>>>Rook 4.5
>>>Queen 8.5
>>>
>>>Which gives much closer scores of 2R+N = 12 and  R+2B = 11.5
>>
>>I haven't seen these point counts before, but they look fairly
>>reasonable. I guess we need tests in different engines where you can
>>change the point counts to see which point count comes out ahead. Which
>>programs let the user change the point count and allow engine vs engine?
>>Is CM5000/5500 the only one?
>
>I think the bishop's grossly overvalued here. I would love to play
>against a program with this piece-value evaluation.
>
>Amir

Amir, which evaluation are you talking about his or my equation of 2R+N
=2B+R?



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