H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Nov 11, 2017 08:59 PM UTC:
You are lucky. It threw away my (long) post.
So let me just say Nicolino is right: a pair of Bishops is 750cP, and beats a pair of Knights + one Pawn by 8-9%, (all other pieces present). About half of what you get from the advantage of a Pawn. Deleting B+P for one, and R for the other, gives a perfectly balanced game, just as deleting N+P for one and one B (i.e. the second) from the other.
You are lucky. It threw away my (long) post.
So let me just say Nicolino is right: a pair of Bishops is 750cP, and beats a pair of Knights + one Pawn by 8-9%, (all other pieces present). About half of what you get from the advantage of a Pawn. Deleting B+P for one, and R for the other, gives a perfectly balanced game, just as deleting N+P for one and one B (i.e. the second) from the other.