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Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 3). More on the value of Chess pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Michael Nelson wrote on Mon, Jul 21, 2003 08:28 AM UTC:
Perhaps Ralph's conjecture that mobility has a non-linear (yet fairly close to linear) relationship to value is the real starting place for these calculations, rather than forking per se. What kind of non linear equation would we be looking at if we assume without proof that that the Spielmann values (N=B=3.0 pawns, R=4.5 pawns, Q=8.5 pawns) are correct?