The goal is to checkmate your opponent so is there any point to giving the chess pieces "value"?
Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FZi3YIXm_4t_3O3pJgwJY2V5UPiYJsFUQNb3aGvXy5g/edit?usp=sharing
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and you'll find Free Chess! (and me) at https://lichess.org
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References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_piece_relative_value
Sarrat, J. H. A New Treatise on the Game of Chess. 1828. https://books.google.com/books?id=_0wCAAAAYAAJ
Tomasev, N., Paquet, U., Hassabis, D., and Kramnik, V. Assessing Game Balance with AlphaZero: Exploring Alternative Rule Sets in Chess. September 2020. https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.04374v2, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2009.04374
"Default! Woohoo!" (at 7:40) courtesy of The Simpsons, 20th Century Fox, "Deep Space Homer" [Season 5, Episode 15, 1F13], February 24, 1994. If a lawyer at Fox sees this, please understand I wanted to use the entire 4 second clip but went with 2 instead :)
“Everyone Needs To See This!” YouTube, uploaded by @agadmator 26 Feb. 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mnnzdi6jRA
“Most Beautiful Game of Chess Ever Played – ‘The Evergreen Game.’” YouTube, uploaded by @agadmator 7 Sep. 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqzxnz6d7JM
Coding Source
Manim (3Blue1Brown) – https://github.com/3b1b/manim
Manim Community Edition - https://docs.manim.community/en/stable/
Chanim – https://github.com/raghavg123/chanim
0:00 - Introduction
0:31 - Standard Values
1:45 - Pawns
3:27 - Knights
4:39 - Bishops
5:41 - Rooks
6:04 - Queens
6:51 - Kings
7:23 - My Values
8:03 - Flaws in My Values
9:25 - Conclusion
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