[Retros] Points

[Eric Angelini]

Yes Noam, sorry,  of course...
Still 24 to beat!
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> Le 20 nov. 2016 à 04:07, Noam Elkies <elkies at math.harvard.edu> a écrit :
> 
> Eric Angelini <Eric.Angelini at kntv.be> writes:
> 
>> I've had this idea tonight [...]
>> 
>> -- say a pawn is worth 1 point, a rook 4, a knight 3, a bishop 3
>> and a queen 9 (as this is commonly accepted) [...]
> 
> Did you mean Rook=5?  I think that's almost universal; I don't think
> I've ever seen a valuation as low as 4.  (usually R > B/N+P in practical
> play; it is true that often R is a bit worse than B/N+P+P but there are
> refinements that value B or N as a bit more than 3 points, e.g. 3.25 .
> 
> NDE
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