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Subject: Re: Bad trade

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:03:10 01/30/04

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On January 30, 2004 at 13:22:32, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On January 30, 2004 at 11:28:48, Benny Antonsson wrote:
>
>>Hello folks!
>>
>>I need a little help with bad trades. I'd like to know what kind of bad trades
>>there are. Maybe there are some good reference sites on the net ? I couldn't
>>find any when I searched google though.
>>
>>This bad trade defenition drive me mad... I never seem to get it right :(
>>
>>Thanks for your help!
>>
>>http://www.codenet.se/alarm
>
>
>There are several.  Piece for 2/3 pawns is almost always bad except in simple
>endgames where the pawns might win but the piece can not.
>
>two pieces for rook and pawn is almost always bad.  The two pieces are simply
>stronger in most cases.
>
>three pieces for queen favors the three pieces.


It is possible to solve most of the bad trades simply by having better values
for pieces without bad trades code.

pawn=1
knight=3.4
bishop=3.5
rook=5.2
queen=10

Uri



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