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Subject: Re: piece values

Author: Toni

Date: 18:58:34 12/31/03

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On December 31, 2003 at 17:28:38, Bob Durrett 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
>
>My guess is that being a very weak chessplayer would be a serious handicap.  If
>this guess is true, then it might be a good idea to start devoting a certain
>percentage of your time to the study of the game, especially study of strategy
>and positional chess.
>
>Bob D.
>

Of course, you are right! In fact I expect an improvement in my level as a
result of such studies

Regards

Toni



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