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Subject: Re: Material Values

Author: Robin Smith

Date: 23:07:20 01/20/02

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On January 20, 2002 at 11:49:25, Rafael Andrist wrote:

>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.

Trading a piece for three pawns is generally a bad idea, unless you get other
compensation as well, unless in the ending.

Robin



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