Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 09:45:13 03/12/99
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On March 11, 1999 at 20:52:50, James T. Walker wrote: >On March 11, 1999 at 20:01:26, odell hall wrote: > >>Hi CCC >> >> I am just interested in some speculation. I think that he could, but I know >>computers have a reputation for being able to hang on to extra material. > >Hello Odell, >If you read Larry K's Chess Life article you might think it would be close. >According to Larry if I remember right the rook pawn is only worth .85 x 200 or >170 points. That's not enough. Larry also said that Knight odds would be worth >700 points ??? I don't believe a 2175 player with knight odds would stand a >chance against Garry K. I ran some test years ago with computers giving queen >Knight odds and it seems it was worth about 300 points. So my opinion is Hiarcs >would not have much of a chance. >Jim Walker Do you remember the results of your test, or have it somewhere? I am interested in your results, as I tend to agree more with Larry's estimation of knight odds that yours (of course I could be wrong). Perhaps the value of the knight in terms of rating points is not uniform, and decreases as we go up in the rating ladder (I think I can destroy a player rated 300 points over me given knight odds, at standard time controls). José.
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