Chess piece relative value value for the king is given, this is used when considering piece development, its power in the endgame, etc. World Correspondence Chess Champion Hans Berliner gives the following valuations, based on experience and computer experiments: There are adjustments for the rank and file of a pawn and adjustments for the pieces depending on how open or closed the position is. Bishops, rooks, and queens gain up to 10 percent more value in open positions and lose up to 20 percent in closed positions. Knights gain up to 50 percent in closed positions and lose up to 30 percent in the
When a white horse is not a horse are one attribute; the ten thousand things are one horse. The "Mengzi" (6A4) notes that "bai" 白 "white" has different connotations whether we are using it to refer to a graying person (who is worthy of respect because of his age) or a white horse (which should be treated like any other animal): Mencius said, 'There is no difference between our pronouncing a white horse to be white and our pronouncing a white man to be white. But is there no difference between the regard with which we acknowledge the age of an old horse and that with which we