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Chess piece value
Date:
3/07/2009
2:11:40 PM EDT
From: lenar02
To:
service@Chess-poster.com
What is
the real value of the Chess pieces? A friend
says that the Bishop has a greater value
than the Knight.
Can you
help?
Regards,
lenar02
Chess-poster.com
Dear viewer,
Chess pieces have a relative value
on the board by a conventional system which assigns a point (s)
value to every piece and is used as a heuristic to determine how
valuable a Chess piece is strategically during the game.
Although this value plays no formal
role in the game, it is very useful to Chess players. These
values are used in Chess programs to help computers
evaluate positions.
In some cases these values change
depending on the game situation. As an example, a Pawn has the
smallest value on the board (1 point) but if it has reached
the sixth or seventh rank of the board and is unstoppable, its
relative value increases considerably up to 9 points by
potentially being
promoted to a Queen. On the other hand, a poor placed or
completely trapped piece could almost be worthless.
A conventional piece value which is
widely accepted gives 1 point to the Pawn, 3 Knight, 3 Bishop, 5
Rook, and 9 to the Queen. The value of the King is infinite
since when under direct attack and unable to avoid capture, it is
said to be checkmated and the game ends.
Although the conventional 1/3/3/5/9
system of point totals is generally accepted, some other systems
of valuing pieces by Chess Masters are provided below:
|
Pieces value |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Conventional |
1 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
|
Philidor |
1 |
3.05 |
3.5 |
5.48 |
9.94 |
|
Lasker |
1 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
5 |
8.5 |
|
Euwe |
1 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
5.5 |
10 |
|
Horowitz |
1 |
3 |
3+ |
5 |
9 |
|
Evans |
1 |
3.5 |
3.5+ |
5 |
10 |
|
Fischer |
1 |
3 |
3.25 |
5 |
9 |
|
Berliner |
1 |
3.2 |
3.33 |
5.1 |
8.8 |
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