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"every pawn is +1, every bishop / knight is +3, rook is +5 and queen is +9."
++There are more refined values
See table 6 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.04374.pdf
N = 3.05 P, B = 3.33 P, R = 5.63 P, Q = 9.5 P
"So what other factors can be taken into account when evaluating?"
++ Here is a whole paper on that
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.09259.pdf
I'm not sure this is the best place to write this, but I thought if anyone knew how to analyze a position: they would be here.
I'm currently writing a Chess Engine / AI. I want it to be a https://vidmate.onl/ble to decide what the best move to play is. Currently, it decides this based on matter score. Ie, every pawn is +1, every bishop / knight is +3, rook is +5 and queen is +9. However apart from that, it has no way to know if the position is good or not. So what other factors can be taken into account when evaluating? I was thinking: Pawn structure, kings safety, advanced pieces. Etc.
I'm pretty low rated in chess (only around 900) so it would be great if someone higher then me could assist with some suggestions on what can be taken into account when analyzing the board.