Author: martin fierz
Date: 12:38:45 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. in the middlegame, yes, in the endgame no. >2 knights/bishops for rook and pawn is almost always a bad idea. in the middlegame yes, in the endgame, maybe not, if the rook has a passer. >2 rooks for queen is often not a good idea. not at all, except if the queen can mate you. >3 knights/bishops for a queens is often not a good idea. Then again, often it is >:) it is a good idea more often than not. all these things are heavily dependent on the rest of the material on the board. i don't think you have a chance... cheers martin
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