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Chess Piece Values Proved to be More Complex Than Intuitively Expected

🧵 The TL;DR

An analysis of chess pieces using mathematics and modern chess engines determined that their values are more complex than just basic integers. AlphaZero even found the value of rooks and queens to be closer to 6 and 10, respectively.

    🔑 Key Points

  • Reuben Fine popularized the 1-3-3-5-9 values in 1942
  • Modern chess engines such as AlphaZero were used to analyze the values of the pieces
  • AlphaZero found the relative value of rooks and queens to be closer to 6 and 10

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