Kevin Pacey wrote on Fri, Jul 21, 2017 08:26 PM UTC:
Fwiw, the following link notes that in 1934 ex-world champion Lasker gave his opinion that in the endgame phase of a chess game, the fighting value of a king is about 4 pawns worth:
My own guess is that the value of a commoner in an endgame on an 8x8 board might be quite sensitive to the exact material balance or position. In some cases a commoner (aka guard) might outdo even a bishop on such a board, but two bishops might outdo two commoners in other cases - perhaps a bit like when 7 Kts outdo 3 Queens, with 8 pawns each, the formal 'point value' assigned to an army at times proves irrelevant.
Fwiw, the following link notes that in 1934 ex-world champion Lasker gave his opinion that in the endgame phase of a chess game, the fighting value of a king is about 4 pawns worth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_piece_relative_value#Standard_valuations
My own guess is that the value of a commoner in an endgame on an 8x8 board might be quite sensitive to the exact material balance or position. In some cases a commoner (aka guard) might outdo even a bishop on such a board, but two bishops might outdo two commoners in other cases - perhaps a bit like when 7 Kts outdo 3 Queens, with 8 pawns each, the formal 'point value' assigned to an army at times proves irrelevant.