Author: Ernst A. Heinz
Date: 10:12:27 09/24/98
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On September 24, 1998 at 11:43:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>In the ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4, GM Timoshchenko is comparing various
>chess programs on how they evaluate bishops vs knights.
>
> [... rest of interesting post snipped ...]
Bob,
I strongly doubt that GM experience and practice provide a good measure
of the relative values of Bishops and Knights in *computer* endgame play.
IMHO, humans tend to handle Knights miserably as compared with how well
they handle Bishops. Fast chess programs, on the other hand, discover
beautiful yet deep Knight maneuvers within fractions of a second. They
often prove the common wisdom of "great advantage of Bishop(s) over
Knight(s) in endgames" wrong. Especially with respect to advancing and
blocking passed Pawns, Knights are actually superior to Bishops because
they cover both black and white squares.
Conclusion: the static advantage of Bishops over Knights is far less in
*computer* endgame play than in human endgame play because
deep-searching chess programs handle Knights much better
than most (or even all) humans.
What do others think about this?
=Ernst=
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