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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