Chess pieces' values

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It's not practical to worry about numerical piece values - as the value of each piece changes depending on the position.

This means that the value of a knight could be different from one move to the next (and so on for every other piece on the board) so there's really no point thinking about such things.

"Is my bishop worth 3.74 or 2.98 here? Is my knight worth 3.19 or 4.29 here?" This kind of thinking isn't helpful at all - and no experienced human player thinks in this way.

Don't try to think like a calculator - think like a human. Try to understand the needs of the position ... then you'll get better at recognizing which pieces are more valuable than others.

For example: if there's a lot of tension around a pawn that's defended by one player and attacked by another, then your eyes should be drawn to the piece defending that square. And then you start calculating - not numerical values, but *move sequences* ... That's thinking like a human.

Although in analysis, understanding it would be useful.

It is true we have to focus on only the game's flow, but if we learn about valubility of the major and minor pieces, it would help us in trading and winning endgames.

This is true, but the Bishop can cover a greater distance than the Knight, while a pair of Bishops controls both black and white squares , however the Knight is stronger in blocked games because the Bishops cannot skip pieces and then have fewer squares under their control .
I'm weak in blitz with time so my rating is around 1100 , while in rapid my ratimg it's 1800 , so I win weaker gamers thanks to the advantage of the Bishops pair in open games , so I often change Knight for Bishop

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Really matters Depending on The state of the game and the position.

If it's The opening, Rooks and queen are Mostly useless (though can be proved wrong if you play an opening that does use the rook and queen, and is justifiable) , The pawn moves and controls central squares, as well as allow the bishop to develop, Speaking of the bishop, Bishops are equal or worse than a Knight in the opening phase, The bishop only gets better after the opening.

In the middle game, Rooks and bishops become more valuable while Knights are weaker since they don't have a nice long range attack, But if the position is closed they might be better than bishops.

Pawns in the middle game can be used to do a Pawn storm on the opponents queenside or Kingside depending on where they castle, But they mostly trade and threat.

Queens become useful, A piece that can be used to create threats from a long distance and can create tactics, Though you have to be really careful to not accidentally sacrifice your queen.

The Endgame is Where Pawns become Very valuable if you have them, sometimes they are the last Pieces on the board, You have to promote them.

King, Though can't be captured and has no point, becomes more useful in the endgame with fewer pieces to checkmate it.

Rooks, Bishops and queens become Really nice and arguably the best.

Knights are very weak since you need 3 knights just to checkmate a lone king (or 2 knights vs a pawn but that only works sometimes) , it's just not worth promoting a pawn to knight unless You see a tactic.

The thing is, Point value is not something you can always rely on, Sometimes a piece is worth more or less depending on the State of the game and position, It's a nice thing to remember, But the actual value of a piece may be different.

A King is worth 0 my guy, It's worth nothing because you don't take the king, you checkmate it, and why 64 queens exactly? Infinity would be a better answer.

First off, You said "a pawn is worth more than a queen if it's a passed pawn" at the start of this, emphasis on "a", this features two Passed Pawns that can promote, Obviously it's better than a queen.

If the king were a piece that can't be Checkmated, it would likely be around 3 since the king controls the same number of squares as the knight.

I don't think 2 pawns should be worth the same as a knight or bishop

In a end game, if the king is less exposed to danger, then the king can be one more active piece, which is sometime enough for a win

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That's the mobility of the piece, but it's Still 0 points because it can't be captured, Both players have kings that can't be captured.

Material is used to determine the justification of trades or advantage, a King can't be captured and thus can't be used for this.

An equal number of squares with a smaller move distance , which means that the king needs more moves than the knight to get to the other side of the board

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It's not always getting to the side of the board, The king can easily go to places which are near to the king, where the knight can't.

For example: to go vertically Forward with your king, you need one move, to go vertically forward with your knight, you need 3 moves.

Sounds like there is going to be a king and Knight duel.