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Subject: Re: piece values

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 04:54:37 12/31/03

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On December 31, 2003 at 07:53:49, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>On December 30, 2003 at 22:04:02, Toni wrote:
>
>>I'm thinking about the values of pieces for a chess program. I have investigated
>>some engines and the values they give to pieces vary. Some examples are:
>>
>>ENGINE          knight    bishop    rook    queen
>>Faile 1.4.4      3.1       3.25      5       9
>>Amy-0.8.4        3.5       3.5       5.5     11
>>Crafty-19.4,     3         3         5       9
>>Beowulf-2.2      3.2       3.25      5       9.3   (defult personality)
>>
>>I have to give values for my program and, as I'm not a strong chessplayer I
>>would like to know your opinion. Are these differences important? What values
>>should be assigned for the highest strength?. The same could be applied to score
>>bonuses, but the list is too large.  :-)
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Toni
>
>Zappa: Knight/Bishop: 3.25 Rook: 5 Queen: 9.75
>
>anthony


P.S. Do a search for Larry Kaufmann's article.

• Re: piece values Tom Likens 06:30:03 12/31/03
  • Re: piece values Anthony Cozzie 07:22:31 12/31/03
    • Re: piece values Tom Likens 10:15:50 12/31/03
      • Re: piece values Anthony Cozzie 13:55:18 12/31/03
  • Re: piece values Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz 06:45:47 12/31/03

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