Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 23:43:44 08/03/99
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On August 03, 1999 at 22:35:16, Dann Corbit wrote: >And, at the moment of queening, it is worth slightly *more* than a >queen. The reason it is worth more than a queen is that it can become a queen, >or another piece -- if that is advantageous. A queen cannot do that. So, the >moment it lands on the promotion square it has a value of something just over >10. Immediate tactical considerations aside, given a choice between having a pawn and having a queen, I'll take the queen, no matter where the pawn is. Which would you rather have in KQ vs KP, the queen or the pawn on the 7th? bruce
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