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Subject: Re: Material Values

Author: Rafael Andrist

Date: 08:49:25 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?
>
>/David

I use 1,3,3,4.5,8.5 and several value corrections for bishops/knights depending
on the pawn structure.

Rafael B. Andrist



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