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Re: Piece values
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2019 10:23 am
by Kevin Thurlow
"(including, of course, why the chess king is to be valued at 2 notional pawns!)"
I always thought it was mobility.
Re: Piece values
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:39 pm
by Joey Stewart
John McKenna wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:18 pm
We all know that the interrogation will produce the following answer -
8 (pawns) + 6 (2 knights) + 7 (2 bishops) + 10 (2 rooks) + 9 (queen) + 2 (king) = 42!
We need an "upvote" feature for posts like this. Good one
Re: Piece values
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 5:49 pm
by John McKenna
Thanks, Joey.
However, others would then want a 'thumbs down' button.
Best if we leave thumbs twiddling...
Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2019 10:23 am
"(including, of course, why the chess king is to be valued at 2 notional pawns!)"
I always thought it was mobility.
And I always thought it was a lack of nobility.
Re: Piece values
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:28 am
by Michael Farthing
I always thought there was something fundamentally wrong with the Game.
Re: Piece values
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:01 pm
by John McKenna
There's nothing about a flawed masterpiece that can't be attributed to its creator(s).