Chess piece relative value
Point-based valuation system for chess pieces / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In chess, a relative value (or point value) is a standard value conventionally assigned to each piece. Piece valuations have no role in the rules of chess but are useful as an aid to assessing a position.
The best known system assigns 1 point to a pawn, 3 points to a knight or bishop, 5 points to a rook and 9 points to a queen. However, valuation systems provide only a rough guide and the true value of a piece is very position dependent.
This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.