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23. September 2006, 10:48:01 Subject: Piece value I've got a question to the more experienced players of Los Alamos Chess. I'm relatively new at this kind of game, so I don't have good understanding of it (playing it only just for fun). In my opinion, in Los Alamos Chess pawns are stronger than in normal chess, because the board is smaller (-> faster promotion of pawns -> faster control of board), and pawns have to do the the job of the missing bishops (e.g.covering the diagonals). So I'm interested if I'm wrong with this idea, that there is a movement of strength of the pieces to normal chess, or if it is only theoretical and isn't noticealbe while playing game. Thanks for your answers!  23. September 2006, 18:13:21 Subject: Re: Piece value FromHell: Zillions-of-Games uses the following piece values (roundig to the first digit after the point): pawn: 1.0 knight: 2.5 rook: 3.8 queen: 5.9 24. September 2006, 07:35:47 Subject: Re: Piece value FromHell: i have not played many games but am yet to play in one wehre a pawn was promoted ... but I would agree that the pawn is more powerful, not just becuse it promotes fast beut it controls a higher percdntage of the board than in normal chess (a central pawn controls 1/18th of hte board here whereas in normal chess it only controls 1/32nd ... nearly twice the power) likewise knights centrally control 8/36, nearly a quarter of the board whereas rooks will only control 10/36ths. This is a simplistic appraisla but you can see where it leads. There has been much discussion on peice values in the 10x8 thread over the years, including methods for determining the values. you might find it interesting to read through there ... you could try a search using "piece value". Cheers WQ :) 24. September 2006, 10:05:18 Subject: Re: Piece value WhisperzQ: Thanks for your quick answer. Your kind of view to this problem seems logical to me. That far I haven't thought...  And thanks for the hint with the 10x8 board. I'll have a look at it!andreas: Thanks for the values. For the first time it's a good guidline. But do you know how this values are acquired? 24. September 2006, 14:05:54 Subject: Re: Piece value FromHell: Looks like I need a spellchecker and proof reader too ... glad you could understand it :) |
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