Author: martin fierz
Date: 15:09:01 02/11/04
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On February 11, 2004 at 17:16:00, GuyHaworth wrote: > >When I was taught chess, pre-history now, the piece values were: > >Pawn = 1 (without loss of generality) >Bishop = Knight = 3 >Rook = 5 >Queen = 10. > >These figures may not be 'current thinking' so feel free to correct me there. > > >However, my question is this. If piece-values are assumed to be dependent only >on the force on the board, what values should they be given for various forces >in the endgame? > > >g there are many typical modifications. but they depend heavily on the pawn structure too of course :-) some general ideas: -> pawns on both wings => bishop > knight -> pawns on one wing => knight > bishop -> very open position, pawns on both wings => rook+pawn often > knight + bishop -> rook + 2 pawns often < 2 bishops if additional pawns and no passers for the rook. -> few pawns left and all on one wing => rook + 1-2 pawns might hold against queen -> few pawns left and all on one wing => minor + 0-1 pawns might hold against rook -> pawns on both wings left => rook wins easily against minor + 1-2 pawns cheers martin
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