Chess Piece Values - How much is each chess piece worth?

Should you trade a Bishop for a Rook? What about a Queen for 2 Knights? In this video I explain the value of chess pieces and how it can help you during a chess game.

[Litago]

The piece values ​​are not constant all the time, at times they can deviate a little or a lot depending on the nature of the position. The Reinfeld values ​​are sufficient for general usage. However sometimes it's important to ignore the face values of each piece and apply dynamic value depending on the position.

[Martin_Neal]

Puzzle 2:03 answer: No, because if Nxd4; then, Bxd1. Rxd1... White gains 3 + 3; but, black captures 9.

[seeker]

If white knight captures black knight, it will open black bishop to capture queen (9+) which is not a good tradeoff. A better move is white pawn to H3.

[massimilianogiuliattini]

Thanks a lot Nelson! Very instructive as always 😃 regarding the final puzzle, I started analyzing it thinking: “ok, so once my knight goes to d4, are there pieces threatening it? Not really, so...” But then I thought “ok, let’s see what happens to the rest of the board and in which situation would I leave the rest of my pieces” and that’s when I had a “WAIT A MOMENT” moment 😆😱 by moving the knight, I was going to open a highway in front of my opponent’s bishop on g4 which could then capture my queen on d1 and check my king 😳😵 So, in this case I would gain 3 points but lose 9. Even if I then recaptured the bishop with the rook on a1 or the king on e1, I would still have a total gain of 6 compared to a loss of 9. Not cool 😪 so my answer is “No way!”😳

[YonyBear]

No, black bishop would then get white queen.

[joegadway]

When the dust has settled and the smoke has cleared it looks like white will get a knight and a bishop (6 points) but lose the Queen (9 points). Not a good deal for white! I enjoy your videos very much. I have watched many of them and now I am starting over at the beginning. :-D

[Paivren]

You might want to mention that these are only average values. Eg. there are situations where a bishop is worth more than a knight or the other way around. Hell, there are even (albeit rare) situations where a knight is worth more than a queen.

[vaibhavpatil]

No you shouldn't move the knight because black bishop might attack white queen

[justsaadunoyeah]

Thanks for making such great Videos!!! really appreciate the content

[calebjohn]

White should not take the knight because when we take the knight which is 3 points the bishop will take our queen which is 9 points and we can take the bishop after that, but then black has won 9 points and we have only won 6 points

[crimson]

I would yes to puzzle. Trade the queens, you captured their knight, 3 points ahead with possibilty to get the bishop too

[compscilaw]

Forgive me if I'm wrong: Isn't the value based on the attack rating compared to a pawn? A king is worth 3.5.

[btbbbiologythebrainbuffer]

This is very clear.💖...but In some references, the value given for queen is 9 &3/4, . Bishop 3.25.
I am not clear about these fractions

[cxunfsq]

It always felt like to me that the rook was the third best piece, glade it’s been confirmed to me it is.

[zhoubaidinh]

There has to be a mathematical based answer on the relative value of knights and bishops

[misty]

Great video, love the puzzle, even though i got it wrong i stil learned from it! Youre awesome!

[sonytv]

So a knight is worse than a bishop as a bishop is higher yet equal

[Satyamm]

So r u saying its ok to give up a queen for rook knight and a pown... Or even more interesting 2 knights and 3 powns

[Levascus]

in theory your two rooks are the goats basically.

[rymanjones]

for the puzzle would knight to b1 be the best move?