The value of chess pieces is based on their attacking power on an empty board, with the queen valued at 21-27 squares, rooks at 14 squares, bishops at 7-13 squares, knights at 2-8 squares, and pawns at a maximum of 4 squares. The king is considered priceless as it cannot be removed from the board, though in the endgame it is sometimes valued at 3-4 points for its fighting ability.
The value of chess pieces is based on their attacking power on an empty board, with the queen valued at 21-27 squares, rooks at 14 squares, bishops at 7-13 squares, knights at 2-8 squares, and pawns at a maximum of 4 squares. The king is considered priceless as it cannot be removed from the board, though in the endgame it is sometimes valued at 3-4 points for its fighting ability.
The value of chess pieces is based on their attacking power on an empty board, with the queen valued at 21-27 squares, rooks at 14 squares, bishops at 7-13 squares, knights at 2-8 squares, and pawns at a maximum of 4 squares. The king is considered priceless as it cannot be removed from the board, though in the endgame it is sometimes valued at 3-4 points for its fighting ability.
In other words, the queen covers from 21-27 squares
depending on where she is;
Rooks always 14; Bishops, 7-13; Knights, 2-8; Pawns a
maximum of 4 but most often only 1.
King is PRICELESS because he can never be removed
from the board! (In the endgame, the king is often said to have 3 or 4 points in fighting value.)
Why are bishops and knights roughly equal in value?
The bishop can move from one side of the board to the other quickly, but the knight can jump over pieces and visit all 64 squares. “Bishops are like dogs, knights are like cats.”—GM Dmitry Gurevich.
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