Author: Severi Salminen
Date: 06:29:24 01/20/02
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On January 20, 2002 at 09:01:50, David Rasmussen wrote: >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? And sometimes a Bishop is better than a knight. So: P=1, B>N>3*P, R+P>2*B, Q>2*R and Q>3*B. So maybe P=1, N=3.2, B=3.4, R=6, Q=13? Severi
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