Author: Amir Ban
Date: 01:58:29 06/01/98
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On June 01, 1998 at 02:15:57, Komputer Korner wrote: >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? I am talking about the above quoted piece values. Amir
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