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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 Fri, Jul 11, 2003 04:42 PM EDT:
I wonder what thoughts Robert and others have about multi-move mobility and
its influence on value.  For simplicity of figures, let's calculate
empty-board mobility starting on a center square. In one or two moves, a
Rook can reach all 64 squares, while a bishop reach 32. On the other hand,
a Wazir can reach 13 and a Ferz can also reach 13.  Are crowded-board,
averaged over all starting square numbers for two-move mobility of use for
piece values?  Would it be necessary to also calculate three-move, etc
mobility?

Another question from the numbers above--does this indicate that the
Bishop is affected more detrimentally by colorboundness than the Ferz is?