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Subject: Re: Really wierd idea: Pawn value as a function of position...

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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