Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To David Paulowich wrote on Sun, Mar 13, 2005 02:45 PM UTC:Michael Nelson writes: 'It may be that number of moves to attack a goal piece is not always accurate, though no examples spring to mind. Clearly more resarch is needed to decide the best measure.' I believe that we will always have to rely on subjective evaluation. Any attempt to quantify runs into paradoxes like: The Fool's Mate in Shatranj is only fifty percent longer, compared to FIDE chess. 1. Pawn d2 - d3 1. Knight g8 - f6 2. Knight b1 - d2 2. Knight f6 - d5 3. Pawn b2 - b3 3. Knight d5 - c3 Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID Init sensitivity does not match any item.