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Subject: Material Values

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 06:01:50 01/20/02


There must be a value system of material that takes care of all special cases.

1,3,3,5,9:

Has the following problems:
3 pawns for bishop or knight is almost always a bad idea.
2 knights/bishops for rook and pawn is almost always a bad idea.
2 rooks for queen is often not a good idea.
3 knights/bishops for a queens is often not a good idea. Then again, often it is
:)

What is your best bet?

/David



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