9 is the classical value though others have been posited. You probably ran into one of the oddball valuations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_piece_relative_value
Value of a Queen?
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The Queen is normaly worth 9.
Elona wrote:
The Queen is normaly worth 9.
This is correct, although on Tuesdays it is worth ten. This is probably the source of confusion.
I think I got a Royal Fizzbin.
LisaV wrote:
...and if it's crowded behind a bunch of pawns while a mating net is descending upon its king, it's worth 0.
Otherwise, I've heard 9 more often than not.
Strangely enough, I recall a video or an article or on here by a GM who mentioned that in the endgame, a queen in the hands of a GM is more deadly than 2 rooks (=10 points). Don't know why, but then I'm no GM. ??
I guess he thought he thought he was some sort of god.
Jun 3, 2011
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Haven't heard anything else but 9.
On a related matter. The minor pieces are said to have a value of 3.25 pawns instead of the normal 3. This was determined with the help of computers evaluated many games. I can't help being a little bit proud that humans determined it to be 3 a long time ago. Can't get any closer than that.
A queen is worth more than a rook + minor piece, but less than 2 rooks.
That is why it is said to be 9.
This is probably a dumb question. I took a year or so off from playing chess online. I thought that the Queen used to be valued at 10 points and now it's 9. Was I wrong in ever thinking it was 10 or is it being changed to 9 a somewhat recent development?