Re: Piece values
Posted: 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.
I always thought it was mobility.
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We need an "upvote" feature for posts like this. Good oneJohn McKenna wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:18 pmWe 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!
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.
There isn't one but since whoever came up with that wasn't or hadn't been shot, it's stuck. Once you go ELO2000 and up you'll see the numerical values are relative to the stage of the game as rooks are usually the worst pieces on the board in the opening, and not that much use in the middle game usually, but in the endgame then their true value can be seen. On move one the only things that have any value at all are pawns and knights because only they can move. Assessing the strength of the King in the opening compared to the endgame is rather problematic, I'd suggest you try and solve Godel's theorem within 15 seconds instead -much easier.soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:08 pmHi.
What's the basis for assigning numerical values 1-3-5-9 to pieces?