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Aberg variation of Capablanca's Chess. Different setup and castling rules. (10x8, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

💡📝Hans Aberg wrote on Thu, Apr 24, 2008 03:46 PM UTC:

H.G.Muller:
| It seems to me that the example you sketch is exactly what the piece-value
| system cannot solve and is not intended to solve. You want to have an
| estimate of how much material it wil cost the opponent to solve a certain
| mobility or King-safety advantage. Those are questions about the
| corresponding positional evaluation, not about piece values.

The situation I depicted is the other way around: I see a good queen for rook exchange that looks promising. Can I at least ensure a draw? How much additional material would I need to get to ensure. Next, have a look at the likely pawn development. So the traditional system will tell me whether I need 1, 2 or 3 pawns.

The statistical system does not say anything - I am not interested in how players on the average would handle this position.