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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